HighSigmaHQ Tim Rauch +1

Deletion of Volume Shadow Copies via WMI with PowerShell - PS Script

Detects deletion of Windows Volume Shadow Copies with PowerShell code and Get-WMIObject. This technique is used by numerous ransomware families such as Sodinokibi/REvil

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Platform: Containers ESXi IaaS Linux macOS Network Devices Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: ps_script

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1490/T1490.md#atomic-test-5---windows---delete-volume-shadow-copies-via-wmi-with-powershell	Detection test	10
www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/current/volume-shadow-copy-deletion-via-powershell.html	Product documentation	2

Detection rules

Deletion of Volume Shadow Copies via WMI with PowerShell - PS Script

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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