Possible Volume Shadow Copy Mount (via system)

This rule detects volume shadow copy mount via Windows event log

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title: Possible Volume Shadow Copy Mount (via system)
id: 50868ed4-609a-52a6-ae69-4df9494e3bf1
status: stable
description: This rule detects volume shadow copy mount via Windows event log
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003/002/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1003.002/T1003.002.md#atomic-test-3---esentutlexe-sam-copy
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-03-23
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1003.002
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: system
detection:
    selection:
        Provider_Name: Microsoft-Windows-Ntfs
        EventID: 98
        DeviceName|contains: HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low

Known false positives

  • Unknown

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.