Sigma rule: Conti Volume Shadow Listing

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-219340cc884c, updated 2021-08-09T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Conti Volume Shadow Listing
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Max Altgelt (Nextron Systems), Tobias Michalski (Nextron Systems)
Date
2021-08-09
File
rules-emerging-threats/2021/Malware/Conti/proc_creation_win_malware_conti.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects a command used by conti to find volume shadow backups

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

selection:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'vssadmin list shadows'
        - 'log.txt'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.t1587.001
  • attack.resource-development
  • detection.emerging-threats

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

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-emerging-threats/2021/Malware/Conti/proc_creation_win_malware_conti.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Conti Volume Shadow Listing" by Max Altgelt (Nextron Systems), Tobias Michalski (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2021/Malware/Conti/proc_creation_win_malware_conti.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: Conti Volume Shadow Listing",
entity page, dataset version ref-219340cc884c, updated 2021-08-09T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/7b30e0a7-c675-4b24-8a46-82fa67e2433d (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 7b30e0a7-c675-4b24-8a46-82fa67e2433d, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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