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Remote File Copy to a Hidden Share

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Remote File Copy to a Hidden Share

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Identifies a remote file copy attempt to a hidden network share. This may indicate lateral movement or data staging activity.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-windows.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Windows
  • Threat Detection
  • Lateral Movement

Version: 101 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.5.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query
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process where event.type == "start" and process.name : ("cmd.exe",
"powershell.exe", "robocopy.exe", "xcopy.exe") and process.args :
("copy*", "move*", "cp", "mv") and process.args : "*$*"











Threat mapping
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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM














Rule version history
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Version 101 (8.5.0 release)








    

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    Updated query, changed from:
    

    

    

    process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.name : ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "robocopy.exe",
"xcopy.exe") and process.args : ("copy*", "move*", "cp", "mv") and
process.args : "*$*"
    

    

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Version 6 (8.4.0 release)








    

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    Updated query, changed from:
    

    

    

    process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and
process.name : ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "robocopy.exe",
"xcopy.exe") and process.args : ("copy*", "move*", "cp", "mv") and
process.args : "*$*"
    

    

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Version 4 (8.2.0 release)








    

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Version 3 (7.12.0 release)








    

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Version 2 (7.11.2 release)








    

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