Sigma rule: Deletion of Volume Shadow Copies via WMI with PowerShell

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-7ecbc06bb679, updated 2022-12-30T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: Deletion of Volume Shadow Copies via WMI with PowerShell
Status: test
Level: high
Author: Tim Rauch, Elastic (idea)
Date: 2022-09-20
Modified: 2022-12-30
File: rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_powershell_shadowcopy_deletion.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects deletion of Windows Volume Shadow Copies with PowerShell code and Get-WMIObject. This technique is used by numerous ransomware families such as Sodinokibi/REvil

Log source

product: windows
category: process_creation

Detection

selection_get:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'Get-WmiObject'
        - 'gwmi'
        - 'Get-CimInstance'
        - 'gcim'
selection_shadowcopy:
    CommandLine|contains: 'Win32_ShadowCopy'
selection_delete:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - '.Delete()'
        - 'Remove-WmiObject'
        - 'rwmi'
        - 'Remove-CimInstance'
        - 'rcim'
condition: all of selection*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

Unknown

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1490

Related rules

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_powershell_shadowcopy_deletion.yml

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"Deletion of Volume Shadow Copies via WMI with PowerShell" by Tim Rauch, Elastic (idea) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_powershell_shadowcopy_deletion.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Deletion of Volume Shadow Copies via WMI with PowerShell",
entity page, dataset version ref-7ecbc06bb679, updated 2022-12-30T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/21ff4ca9-f13a-41ad-b828-0077b2af2e40 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 21ff4ca9-f13a-41ad-b828-0077b2af2e40, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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