Sigma rule: Potentially Suspicious Ping/Copy Command Combination

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-7cf390d09ce5, updated 2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Potentially Suspicious Ping/Copy Command Combination
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
X__Junior (Nextron Systems)
Date
2023-07-18
Modified
2024-03-06
File
rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_cmd_ping_copy_combined_execution.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects uncommon and potentially suspicious one-liner command containing both "ping" and "copy" at the same time, which is usually used by malware.

Log source

product
windows
category
process_creation

Detection

# Note: In the case of sysmon and similar logging utilities, see this discussion https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/discussions/4277
selection_cmd:
    - Image|endswith: '\cmd.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'Cmd.Exe'
selection_action:
    CommandLine|contains|all:
        - 'ping' # Covers "ping" and "ping.exe"
        - 'copy '
selection_cli_1:
    CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -n ' # Count
selection_cli_2:
    CommandLine|contains|windash: ' -y '
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1070.004

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

  • Internal Research

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_cmd_ping_copy_combined_execution.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Potentially Suspicious Ping/Copy Command Combination" by X__Junior (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_cmd_ping_copy_combined_execution.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: Potentially Suspicious Ping/Copy Command Combination",
entity page, dataset version ref-7cf390d09ce5, updated 2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/ded2b07a-d12f-4284-9b76-653e37b6c8b0 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule ded2b07a-d12f-4284-9b76-653e37b6c8b0, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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