Sensitive File Access Via Volume Shadow Copy Backup
Detects a command that accesses the VolumeShadowCopy in order to extract sensitive files such as the Security or SAM registry hives or the AD database (ntds.dit)
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesWindows
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
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| pentestlab.blog/2018/07/04/dumping-domain-password-hashes/ | 2 |
| twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1423336151860002816?s=20 | 2 |
| www.virustotal.com/gui/file/03e9b8c2e86d6db450e5eceec057d7e369ee2389b9daecaf06331a95410aa5f8/detection | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- f57f8d16-1f39-4dcb-a604-6c73d9b54b3d
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.impact
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1