Query: alert when Detects a copy command or a copy utility execution to or from an Admin share or remote
Matching passage: Sigma rule: Detects a copy command or a copy utility execution to or from an Admin share or remote. Logsource: windows / process_creation. Rule: title: Copy From Or To Admin Share Or Sysvol Folder id: 855bc8b5-2ae8-402e-a9ed-b889e6df1900 status: test description: Detects a copy command or a copy utility execution to or from an Admin share or remote references: - https://twitter.com/SBousseaden/status/1211636381086339073 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKya3_mLnR3UQuCoiYruO3qgu052_iS_/view - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/remote-file-copy-to-a-hidden-share.html - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/18/defenders-beware-a-case-for-post-ransomware-investigations/ author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), oscd.community, Teymur Kheirkhabarov @HeirhabarovT, Zach Stanford @svch0st, Nasreddine Bencherchali date: 2019-12-30 modified: 2025-10-22 tags: - attack.lateral-movement - attack.collection - attack.exfiltration - attack.t1039 - attack.t1048 - attack.t1021.002 logsource: category: process_creation product: windows detection: selection_target: CommandLine|contains: - \\\\*\\*$ - \Sysvol\ selection_other_tools: - Image|endswith: - \robocopy.exe - \xcopy.exe - OriginalFileName: - robocopy.exe - XCOPY.EXE selection_cmd_img: - Image|endswith: \cmd.exe - OriginalFileName: Cmd.Exe selection_cmd_cli: CommandLine|contains: copy selection_pwsh_img: - Image|contains: - \powershell_ise.exe - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - OriginalFileName: - powershell_ise.exe - PowerShell.EXE - pwsh.dll selection_pwsh_cli: CommandLine|contains: - copy-item - 'copy ' - 'cpi ' - ' cp ' - 'move ' - ' move-item' - ' mi ' - ' mv ' condition: selection_target and (selection_other_tools or all of selection_cmd_* or all of selection_pwsh_*) falsepositives: - Administrative scripts level: medium
Near-miss passage: Sigma rule: Detects creation of a file named "ntds.dit" (Active Directory Database) by an uncommon parent process or directory. Logsource: windows / file_event. Rule: title: NTDS.DIT Creation By Uncommon Parent Process id: 4e7050dd-e548-483f-b7d6-527ab4fa784d related: - id: 11b1ed55-154d-4e82-8ad7-83739298f720 type: similar status: test description: Detects creation of a file named "ntds.dit" (Active Directory Database) by an uncommon parent process or directory references: - https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/credential-access-and-credential-dumping/ntds.dit-enumeration - https://www.n00py.io/2022/03/manipulating-user-passwords-without-mimikatz/ - https://pentestlab.blog/tag/ntds-dit/ - https://github.com/samratashok/nishang/blob/414ee1104526d7057f9adaeee196d91ae447283e/Gather/Copy-VSS.ps1 author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-03-11 modified: 2023-01-05 tags: - attack.credential-access - attack.t1003.003 logsource: product: windows category: file_event definition: 'Requirements: The "ParentImage" field is not available by default on EID 11 of Sysmon logs. To be able to use this rule to the full extent you need to enrich the log with additional ParentImage data' detection: selection_file: TargetFilename|endswith: \ntds.dit selection_process_parent: ParentImage|endswith: - \cscript.exe - \httpd.exe - \nginx.exe - \php-cgi.exe - \powershell.exe - \pwsh.exe - \w3wp.exe - \wscript.exe selection_process_parent_path: ParentImage|contains: - \apache - \tomcat - \AppData\ - \Temp\ - \Public\ - \PerfLogs\ condition: selection_file and 1 of selection_process_* falsepositives: - Unknown level: high