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Automated Collection Bookmarks Using Get-ChildItem PowerShell

Adversaries may enumerate browser bookmarks to learn more about compromised hosts. Browser bookmarks may reveal personal information about users (ex: banking sites, interests, social media, etc.) as well as details about internal network resources such as servers, tools/dashboards, or other related infrastructure.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1217
discovery

Detection Query

selection:
  ScriptBlockText|contains|all:
    - Get-ChildItem
    - " -Recurse "
    - " -Path "
    - " -Filter Bookmarks"
    - " -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    - " -Force"
condition: selection

Author

frack113

Created

2021-12-13

Data Sources

windowsps_script

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.discoveryattack.t1217
Raw Content
title: Automated Collection Bookmarks Using Get-ChildItem PowerShell
id: e0565f5d-d420-4e02-8a68-ac00d864f9cf
status: test
description: |
    Adversaries may enumerate browser bookmarks to learn more about compromised hosts.
    Browser bookmarks may reveal personal information about users (ex: banking sites, interests, social media, etc.) as well as details about
    internal network resources such as servers, tools/dashboards, or other related infrastructure.
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1217/T1217.md
author: frack113
date: 2021-12-13
modified: 2022-12-25
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1217
logsource:
    product: windows
    category: ps_script
    definition: 'Requirements: Script Block Logging must be enabled'
detection:
    selection:
        ScriptBlockText|contains|all:
            - 'Get-ChildItem'
            - ' -Recurse '
            - ' -Path '
            - ' -Filter Bookmarks'
            - ' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue'
            - ' -Force'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low