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splunk-security_content/detections/endpoint/wbadmin_delete_system_backups.yml
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name: WBAdmin Delete System Backups
id: cd5aed7e-5cea-11eb-ae93-0242ac130002
version: 1
date: '2021-01-22'
author: Michael Haag, Splunk
type: TTP
datamodel:
- Endpoint
description: This search looks for flags passed to wbadmin.exe (Windows Backup Administrator
Tool) that delete backup files. This is typically used by ransomware to prevent
recovery.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time)
as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process_name=wbadmin.exe
Processes.process="*delete*" AND (Processes.process="*catalog*" OR Processes.process="*systemstatebackup*")
by Processes.process_name Processes.process Processes.parent_process_name Processes.dest
Processes.user | `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`| `wbadmin_delete_system_backups_filter`'
how_to_implement: You must be ingesting endpoint data that tracks process activity,
including parent-child relationships from your endpoints to populate the Endpoint
data model in the Processes node. Tune based on parent process names.
known_false_positives: Administrators may modify the boot configuration.
references:
- https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/master/atomics/T1490/T1490.md
- https://thedfirreport.com/2020/10/08/ryuks-return/
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1490/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wbadmin
tags:
analytic_story:
- Ryuk Ransomware
- Ransomware
- Prestige Ransomware
- Chaos Ransomware
asset_type: Endpoint
cis20:
- CIS 8
confidence: 50
context:
- Source:Endpoint
- Stage:Defense Evasion
dataset:
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1490/atomic_red_team/windows-sysmon.log
impact: 30
kill_chain_phases:
- Actions on Objectives
message: System backups deletion on $dest$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1490
nist:
- PR.IP
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Processes.process_name
- Processes.process
- Processes.parent_process_name
- Processes.dest
- Processes.user
risk_score: 15
security_domain: endpoint
supported_tas:
- Splunk_TA_microsoft_sysmon