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HighSigmaHQ Teymur Kheirkhabarov +2

Copying Sensitive Files with Credential Data

Files with well-known filenames (sensitive files with credential data) copying

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: 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

Copying sensitive files for legitimate use (eg. backup) or forensic investigation by legitimate incident responder or forensic investigator.

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
dfironthemountain.wordpress.com/2018/12/06/locked-file-access-using-esentutl-exe/	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/blob/2cc01b01132b5c304027a658c698ae09dd6a92bf/yml/OSBinaries/Esentutl.yml	Tool	Only this detection cites it
room362.com/post/2013/2013-06-10-volume-shadow-copy-ntdsdit-domain-hashes-remotely-part-1/	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
www.slideshare.net/heirhabarov/hunting-for-credentials-dumping-in-windows-environment	Unclassified	16

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