Opera Favicons

Overview

Evidence: Opera Favicons Description: Collect Opera Favicons Category: Applications Platform: linux Short Name: ofico Is Parsed: Yes Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes Collect File(s): No

Background

Browser favicons are cached website icons that provide visual history of visited sites. This data supplements browsing history by revealing sites accessed even if history was deleted.

Data Collected

This collector gathers structured data about opera favicons.

Opera Favicons Data

Field	Description	Example
ID	ID	123
UserName	User Name	Example value
BrowserName	Browser Name	Example value
Profile	Profile	Example value
URL	URL	Example value
IconType	Icon Type	123
Path	Path	Example value

Collection Method

This collector queries the browser's Favicons database to extract cached website icons and associated URLs.

Forensic Value

Favicon analysis can recover evidence of deleted browsing history, identify visited sites through icon fingerprinting, and correlate with other browser artifacts to establish comprehensive activity timelines.