Sigma rule: Renamed Sysinternals Sdelete Execution

Rule

Title

Renamed Sysinternals Sdelete Execution

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Date

2022-09-06

Modified

2026-06-29

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_renamed_sysinternals_sdelete.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the use of a renamed SysInternals Sdelete, which is something an administrator shouldn't do (the renaming)

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection:
    OriginalFileName: 'sdelete.exe'
filter:
    Image|endswith:
        - '\sdelete.exe'
        - '\sdelete64.exe'
        - '\sdelete64a.exe'
condition: selection and not filter

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• System administrator usage

Tags

• attack.impact
• attack.t1485

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1485

References

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete
• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1485/T1485.md

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_renamed_sysinternals_sdelete.yml