Sigma rule: Volume Shadow Copy Mount

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-e5feab5c67e7, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Volume Shadow Copy Mount
Status
test
Level
low
Author
Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Open Threat Research (OTR)
Date
2020-10-20
Modified
2022-12-25
File
rules/windows/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_ntfs/win_system_volume_shadow_copy_mount.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects volume shadow copy mount via Windows event log

Log source

product
windows
service
system

Detection

selection:
    Provider_Name: Microsoft-Windows-Ntfs
    EventID: 98
    DeviceName|contains: HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legitimate use of volume shadow copy mounts (backups maybe).

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1003.002

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/windows/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_ntfs/win_system_volume_shadow_copy_mount.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Volume Shadow Copy Mount" by Roberto Rodriguez @Cyb3rWard0g, Open Threat Research (OTR) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/system/microsoft_windows_ntfs/win_system_volume_shadow_copy_mount.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: Volume Shadow Copy Mount",
entity page, dataset version ref-e5feab5c67e7, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/f512acbf-e662-4903-843e-97ce4652b740 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule f512acbf-e662-4903-843e-97ce4652b740, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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