Excessive Windows File Modification

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About the rule

Rule Type

Anomaly

Rule Description

Monitors high volume file edits indicating ransomware or data exfiltration activity.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" | isanomalous(User at an unusual Time) | isanomalous(User with abnormal Count) | isanomalous(Log source at an unusual Time) | isanomalous(Log source with abnormal Count) | isanomalous(Log source with unusual Username) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

Intelligent

Log Sources

Windows