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splunk-security_content/detections/endpoint/fsutil_zeroing_file.yml
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name: Fsutil Zeroing File
id: 4e5e024e-fabb-11eb-8b8f-acde48001122
version: 1
date: '2021-08-11'
author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
type: TTP
datamodel:
- Endpoint
description: This search is to detect a suspicious fsutil process to zeroing a target
file. This technique was seen in lockbit ransomware where it tries to zero out its
malware path as part of its defense evasion after encrypting the compromised host.
search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count values(Processes.process)
as process values(Processes.parent_process) as parent_process min(_time) as firstTime
max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process_name=fsutil.exe
Processes.process="*setzerodata*" by Processes.user Processes.process_name Processes.parent_process_name
Processes.dest Processes.process Processes.parent_process | `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `fsutil_zeroing_file_filter`'
how_to_implement: To successfully implement this search, you need to be ingesting
logs with the process name, parent process, and command-line executions from your
endpoints. If you are using Sysmon, you must have at least version 6.0.4 of the
Sysmon TA.
known_false_positives: unknown
references:
- https://app.any.run/tasks/e0ac072d-58c9-4f53-8a3b-3e491c7ac5db/
tags:
analytic_story:
- Ransomware
confidence: 90
context:
- Source:Endpoint
- Stage:Defense Evasion
dataset:
- https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1070/fsutil_file_zero/windows-sysmon.log
impact: 60
kill_chain_phases:
- Exploitation
message: Possible file data deletion on $dest$ using $process$
mitre_attack_id:
- T1070
observable:
- name: dest
type: Endpoint
role:
- Victim
product:
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Splunk Cloud
required_fields:
- _time
- Processes.user
- Processes.process_name
- Processes.parent_process_name
- Processes.dest
- Processes.process
- Processes.parent_process
risk_score: 54
security_domain: endpoint
supported_tas:
- Splunk_TA_microsoft_sysmon
asset_type: Endpoint