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Remote File Copy to a Hidden Share
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Remote File Copy to a Hidden ShareIdentifies a remote file copy attempt to a hidden network share. This may indicate lateral movement or data staging activity.
Rule type: eql
Rule indices:
- logs-endpoint.events.*
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-windows.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Windows
- Threat Detection
- Lateral Movement
Version: 101 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guideedit
Rule queryedit
process where event.type == "start" and process.name : ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "robocopy.exe", "xcopy.exe") and process.args : ("copy*", "move*", "cp", "mv") and process.args : "*$*"
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
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Technique:
- Name: Remote Services
- ID: T1021
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1021/
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Rule version history- Version 101 (8.5.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name : ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "robocopy.exe", "xcopy.exe") and process.args : ("copy*", "move*", "cp", "mv") and process.args : "*$*"
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- Version 6 (8.4.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and process.name : ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "robocopy.exe", "xcopy.exe") and process.args : ("copy*", "move*", "cp", "mv") and process.args : "*$*"
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- Version 4 (8.2.0 release)
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- Version 3 (7.12.0 release)
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- Version 2 (7.11.2 release)
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