Sysmon Event ID 26

SourceSysmon

26: File Delete Logged

This is an event from Sysmon.

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Good attackers clean up after themselves. This event logs file deletions including which user and program and a hash of the contents of the file.  

If you want to hold on to an actual copy of the file see event ID 23.

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Description Fields in 26

  • Log Name
  • Source
  • Date
  • Event ID
  • Task Category
  • Level
  • Keywords
  • User
  • Computer
  • Description
  • RuleName
  • UtcTime
  • ProcessGuid
  • ProcessId
  • User
  • Image
  • TargetFilename
  • Hashes
  • IsExecutable

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Examples of 26

Log Name:       Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
Source:         Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon
Date:           4/15/2024  8:57:35 PM
Event ID:       26
Task Category: File Delete logged (rule: FileDeleteDetected)
Level:          Information
Keywords:      
User:           SYSTEM
Computer:       dc1.Win2022.local
Description: File Delete logged:
RuleName: -
UtcTime: 2024-04-16 03:57:35.123
ProcessGuid: {8a1a452d-2087-65de-9204-000000000500}
ProcessId: 516
User: win2022\administrator
Image: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
TargetFilename: C:\Users\bosshogg\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\logs.lnk
Hashes: SHA1=BA90632BB2CE42BB40C93CD0B2A88E1FE7E0787E,MD5=9473398C90A26774335A3F8235A5ADC6,SHA256=D876955B30350ED09A90E37713A71E649667952C318B9C6879E855CC07B39430,IMPHASH=00000000000000000000000000000000
IsExecutable: false

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon" Guid="{5770385F-C22A-43E0-BF4C-06F5698FFBD9}" />
    <EventID>26</EventID>
    <Version>5</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>26</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2024-02-27T17:48:55.9824794Z" />
    <EventRecordID>1057</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="9596" ThreadID="11128" />
    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel>
    <Computer>dc1.Win2022.local</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
  </System>
<EventData>
  <Data Name="RuleName">-</Data>
  <Data Name="UtcTime">2024-02-27 17:48:55.967</Data>
  <Data Name="ProcessGuid">{8a1a452d-2087-65de-9204-000000000500}</Data>
  <Data Name="ProcessId">516</Data>
  <Data Name="User">win2022\administrator</Data>
  <Data Name="Image">C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE</Data>
  <Data Name="TargetFilename">C:\Users\bosshogg\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\logs.lnk</Data>
  <Data Name="Hashes">SHA1=BA90632BB2CE42BB40C93CD0B2A88E1FE7E0787E,MD5=9473398C90A26774335A3F8235A5ADC6,SHA256=D876955B30350ED09A90E37713A71E649667952C318B9C6879E855CC07B39430,IMPHASH=00000000000000000000000000000000</Data>
  <Data Name="IsExecutable">false</Data> 
</EventData>
</Event>

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