Potential Ransomware Behavior - Note Files by System
This rule identifies the creation of multiple files with same name and over SMB by the same user. This behavior may indicate the successful remote execution of a ransomware dropping file notes to different folders.
Detection logic
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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 |
|---|---|
| news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/12/21/akira-again-the-ransomware-that-keeps-on-taking/ | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 1397e1b9-0c90-4d24-8d7b-80598eb9bc9a
- Tagged by the source as
- Data Source: Elastic DefendDomain: EndpointNoise: HighOS: WindowsPerformance: NormalPlatform: WindowsProfile: AggressiveResources: Investigation GuideRule Type: ES|QLTactic: ImpactThreat: RansomwareUse Case: Threat Detection
Licence
- Published under
- Elastic License 2.0Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Sep 20, 2026
- Version
- 3