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Potential Cookies Theft via Browser Debugging

Identifies the execution of a Chromium based browser with the debugging process argument, which may indicate an attempt to steal authentication cookies. An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.

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Detection Logic

process where event.type in ("start", "process_started", "info") and
  process.name in (
             "Microsoft Edge",
             "chrome.exe",
             "Google Chrome",
             "google-chrome-stable",
             "google-chrome-beta",
             "google-chrome",
             "msedge.exe") and
   process.args : ("--remote-debugging-port=*",
                   "--remote-debugging-targets=*",
                   "--remote-debugging-pipe=*") and
   process.args : "--user-data-dir=*" and not process.args:"--remote-debugging-port=0"

False Positives

  • Developers performing browsers plugin or extension debugging.

Field Validations

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