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HighSigmaHQ Ilya Krestinichev

Suspicious Ping/Del Command Combination

Detects a method often used by ransomware. Which combines the "ping" to wait a couple of seconds and then "del" to delete the file in question. Its used to hide the file responsible for the initial infection for example

Detection logic

Detection requirements

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

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
blog.sygnia.co/kaseya-ransomware-supply-chain-attack	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/06/23093553/Common-TTPs-of-the-modern-ransomware_low-res.pdf	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/blackbyte-exbyte-ransomware	Unclassified	2
www.acronis.com/en-us/blog/posts/lockbit-ransomware/	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it

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