Evidence: Chromium Thumbnails
Description: Collect Chromium Thumbnails
Category: Applications
Platform: linux
Short Name: chthmb
Is Parsed: Yes
Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes
Collect File(s): No
Background
Browser thumbnails are cached preview images of visited websites. This visual data supplements browsing history by providing screenshots of accessed pages, useful for recovering deleted history and identifying visited content.
Data Collected
This collector gathers structured data about chromium thumbnails.
Collection Method
This collector extracts cached thumbnail images from browser storage.
Forensic Value
Thumbnail analysis provides visual evidence of visited websites, can recover evidence after history deletion, and helps identify phishing pages, malicious sites, or sensitive internal resources accessed by users through visual inspection.
