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Sdelete deployed via GPO and run recursively

Description

'This query looks for the Sdelete process being run recursively after being deployed to a host via GPO. Attackers could use this technique to deploy Sdelete to multiple host and delete data on them.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.2
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == 4688
  | where Process =~ "svchost.exe"
  | where CommandLine has "-k GPSvcGroup" or CommandLine has "-s gpsvc"
  | extend timekey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1m)
  | project timekey, NewProcessId, Computer
  | join kind=inner (SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == 4688
  | where Process =~ "sdelete.exe" or CommandLine has "sdelete"
  | where ParentProcessName endswith "svchost.exe"
  | where CommandLine has_all ("-s", "-r")
  | extend newProcess = Process
  | extend timekey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1m)
  ) on $left.NewProcessId == $right.ProcessId, timekey, Computer
  | extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
  | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(TargetAccount, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(TargetAccount, @'\')[0])

Declared entities

AccountHost

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
d9f28fdf-abc8-4f1a-a7e7-1aaec87a2fc5
Additional source files 3Solutions/Windows Security Events/Analytic Rules/SdeletedeployedviaGPOandrunrecursively.yamlsource ↗Detections/SecurityEvent/SdeletedeployedviaGPOandrunrecursively.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Windows Security Events/Data/Solution_Windows Security Events.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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