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    Ransomware Shadow Copy Deletion via WMIC ShadowCopy Delete

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Ibrahim Saud@tektrix
    •updated 21 days ago•0•0•1

    Detects the use of the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) utility to delete individual Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) snapshots. This technique is commonly used by ransomware families to inhibit system recovery by preventing users from restoring files from shadow copies.

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    Tags

    T1490 - Inhibit System RecoveryT1047 - Windows Management InstrumentationTA0040 - ImpactTA0002 - ExecutionCommand ExecutionWmi ActivityFile DeletionWindowsWindows Wmi ServiceWindows Sysmon

    Found in

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