Edge Favicons
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Evidence: Edge Favicons
Description: Collect Edge Favicons
Category: Applications
Platform: windows
Short Name: efico
Is Parsed: Yes
Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes
Collect File(s): No
Background
Section titled “Background”Browser favicons are cached website icons that provide visual history of visited sites. This data supplements browsing history by revealing sites accessed even if history was deleted.
Data Collected
Section titled “Data Collected”This collector gathers structured data about edge favicons.
Edge Favicons Data
Section titled “Edge Favicons Data”| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
ID | ID | 123 |
UserName | User Name | Example value |
BrowserName | Browser Name | Example value |
Profile | Profile | Example value |
URL | URL | Example value |
IconType | Icon Type | 123 |
Path | Path | Example value |
Collection Method
Section titled “Collection Method”This collector queries the browser’s Favicons database to extract cached website icons and associated URLs.
Forensic Value
Section titled “Forensic Value”Favicon analysis can recover evidence of deleted browsing history, identify visited sites through icon fingerprinting, and correlate with other browser artifacts to establish comprehensive activity timelines.