Monthly Archives: April 2016

HTTP Cookies – Part 4 – Safari Cookies

Posted on April 27, 2016 by HatsOffSecurity

Safari Location Pretty sure this location has been the same for a number of years now, if not let me know in the comments: ~/libraries/cookies Removing Safari Cookies I am not a MAC expert, so I am going to bow … Continue reading →

Posted in Browser Forensics, Cookies, Safari | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

HTTP Cookies – Part 3 – Chrome Cookies

Posted on April 27, 2016 by HatsOffSecurity

Chrome Location Windows 7 onwards: %LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default Unlike Internet Explorer (and like Firefox) Chrome does not use individual text files, but instead uses a SQLite database. In order to view this you will need a SQLite browser (easy to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Browser Forensics, Chrome, Cookies | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

HTTP Cookies – Part 2 – Firefox

Posted on April 26, 2016 by HatsOffSecurity

Firefox Location Windows 7 and onwards %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile.name>\cookies.sqlite Unlike Internet Explorer (and like Chrome) Firefox does not use individual text files for storing cookies, instead it uses a SQLite database. In order to view this you will need a SQLite browser … Continue reading →

Posted in Browser Forensics, Cookies, Firefox | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

HTTP Cookies – Part 1 – Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge

Posted on April 23, 2016 by HatsOffSecurity

Finding Internet Explorer/Edge Cookies (Windows 7-10… possibly Vista, but who uses Vista?!) Microsoft introduced a cool new way of finding your cookies. From the Run prompt or any Explorer window type “shell:cookies” and you will be taken to the Cookies … Continue reading →

Posted in Browser Forensics, Cookies, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Removing Cookies

Posted on April 23, 2016 by HatsOffSecurity

Do you know how many cookies are tracking you? Have you tried to clear the cookies only to find some things not quite gone? Well I have a product for you!… just kidding, it sounded like an advert, so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Browser Forensics, Cookies | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment