name: Common Ransomware Notes
id: ada0f478-84a8-4641-a3f1-d82362d6bd71
version: 3
date: '2020-03-16'
description: The search looks for files created with names matching those typically
  used in ransomware notes that tell the victim how to get their data back.
how_to_implement: You must be ingesting data that records file-system activity from
  your hosts to populate the Endpoint Filesystem data-model node. This is typically
  populated via endpoint detection-and-response products, such as Carbon Black, or
  via other endpoint data sources, such as Sysmon. The data used for this search is
  typically generated via logs that report file-system reads and writes.
type: ESCU
references: []
author: David Dorsey, Splunk
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
  as lastTime values(Filesystem.user) as user values(Filesystem.dest) as dest values(Filesystem.file_path)
  as file_path from datamodel=Endpoint.Filesystem by Filesystem.file_name | `drop_dm_object_name(Filesystem)`
  | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `ransomware_notes` |
  `common_ransomware_notes_filter`'
known_false_positives: It's possible that a legitimate file could be created with
  the same name used by ransomware note files.
tags:
  analytics_story:
  - SamSam Ransomware
  - Ransomware
  kill_chain_phases:
  - Actions on Objectives
  cis20:
  - CIS 8
  nist:
  - PR.PT
  - DE.CM
  security_domain: endpoint
  asset_type: Endpoint