The SIEM app is now a part of the Elastic Security solution.
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Deleting Backup Catalogs with Wbadminedit
Identifies use of the wbadmin.exe to delete the backup catalog. Ransomware and
other malware may do this to prevent system recovery.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum signals per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Windows
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.7.0
Rule queryedit
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:wbadmin.exe and process.args:(catalog and delete)
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: File Deletion
- ID: T1107
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1107/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:"wbadmin.exe" and process.args:("delete" and "catalog")