Suspicious Sensitive File Recovery From Backup Through Wbadmin.EXE (via process_creation)

This rule detects the dump of highly sensitive files such as "NTDS.DIT" and "SECURITY" hive. Attackers can abuse the "wbadmin" utility to dump sensitive files that might contain credential or sensitive information.

SigmahighWindowsv1
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Known false positives

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