VSSAudit Security Event Source Registration
Detects the registration of the security event source VSSAudit. It would usually trigger when volume shadow copy operations happen.
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1title: VSSAudit Security Event Source Registration
2id: e9faba72-4974-4ab2-a4c5-46e25ad59e9b
3status: test
4description: Detects the registration of the security event source VSSAudit. It would usually trigger when volume shadow copy operations happen.
5references:
6 - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1003.002/T1003.002.md#atomic-test-3---esentutlexe-sam-copy
7author: Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Open Threat Research (OTR)
8date: 2020/10/20
9modified: 2022/04/28
10tags:
11 - attack.credential_access
12 - attack.t1003.002
13logsource:
14 product: windows
15 service: security
16detection:
17 selection:
18 AuditSourceName: VSSAudit
19 EventID:
20 - 4904
21 - 4905
22 condition: selection
23falsepositives:
24 - Legitimate use of VSSVC. Maybe backup operations. It would usually be done by C:\Windows\System32\VSSVC.exe.
25level: informational
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