BIOCs

Browse the Cortex behavioral indicator of compromise (BIOC) detection rules.

Severity
Category
  • WMI access to shadow copy interface Informational Credential Access

    An attacker may be trying to modify and/or delete shadow copies via WMI for disabling system backups or extracting NTDS.dit.

    Indicator:

    Process action type = execution AND target process cmd = *win32_shadowcopy*

    ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006) Impact (TA0040)
    ATT&CK techniques: OS Credential Dumping (T1003) Inhibit System Recovery (T1490)
    Preventable:
    Yes
    Source:
    Palo Alto Networks
    Updated:
    2026-02-11