Access to Browser Login Data

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser. Web browsers commonly save credentials such as website usernames and passwords so that they do not need to be entered manually in the future. Web browsers typically store the credentials in an encrypted format within a credential store.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "PowerShell Script Block Logged" AND (SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "Copy-Item" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "-Destination") AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Login Data,\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles,\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default,\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Login Data,\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Login Data For Account" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.SCRIPTEXECUTED

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113