Chrome Sessions

Overview

Evidence: Chrome Sessions Description: Collect Chrome Sessions Category: Applications Platform: linux Short Name: chrss Is Parsed: Yes Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes Collect File(s): No

Background

Browser sessions maintain active tab state, cookies, and authentication context. This data reveals currently active user sessions, open websites, and authenticated connections at the time of collection.

Data Collected

This collector gathers structured data about chrome sessions.

Chrome Sessions Data

Field	Description	Example
ID	ID	123
WindowID	Window ID	123
Active	Active	true
Url	Url	Example value
Title	Title	Example value
Deleted	Deleted	true
Group	Group	Example value
History	History	[]
BrowserName	Browser Name	Example value

Collection Method

This collector captures browser session data including active tabs, session cookies, and authentication state.

Forensic Value

Session analysis identifies active compromises, authenticated sessions to malicious sites, concurrent suspicious activities, and real-time indicators of ongoing attacks. Analysts can detect active C2 connections, authenticated malware communications, and live attacker sessions.