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splunk-security_content/dev/endpoint/usn_journal_deletion.yml
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name: USN Journal Deletion
id: b6e0ff70-b122-4227-9368-4cf322ab43c3
version: 2
date: '2018-12-03'
author: David Dorsey, Splunk
status: production
type: TTP
description: The fsutil.exe application is a legitimate Windows utility used to perform
tasks related to the file allocation table (FAT) and NTFS file systems. The update
sequence number (USN) change journal provides a log of all changes made to the files
on the disk. This search looks for fsutil.exe deleting the USN journal.
data_source:
- Sysmon Event ID 1
search:
selection1:
Image|endswith: fsutil.exe
condition: selection1
how_to_implement: You must be ingesting data that records process activity from your
hosts to populate the Endpoint data model in the Processes node. You must also be
ingesting logs with both the process name and command line from your endpoints.
The command-line arguments are mapped to the "process" field in the Endpoint data
model.
known_false_positives: None identified
references: []
tags:
analytic_story:
- Windows Log Manipulation
- Ransomware
asset_type: Endpoint
confidence: 90
impact: 50
message: Possible USN journal deletion on $dest$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1070
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
risk_score: 45
security_domain: endpoint
tests:
- name: True Positive Test
attack_data:
- data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1070/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log
source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
sourcetype: xmlwineventlog