Tag Archives: Windows 10

Windows Spotlight Image Location

Bit of a change from my typical security related posts. I was hunting around on my machine for a new blog post when I stumbled across a folder full of oddly named files. The files were named as their SHA1 … Continue reading

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HTTP Cookies – Part 3 – Chrome Cookies

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

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HTTP Cookies – Part 2 – Firefox

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

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HTTP Cookies – Part 1 – Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge

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

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