Defender-DeviceFileEvents

5 events across 5 channels

Event IDTitleChannel
9002000File activity (any)DeviceFileEvents
9002001File createdFileCreated
9002002File modifiedFileModified
9002003File deletedFileDeleted
9002004File renamedFileRenamed

Event ID 9002000 — File activity (any)

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Event ID 9002001 — File created

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Provider
Defender-DeviceFileEvents
Channel
FileCreated

Description

File created

Fields #

NameDescription
DeviceId
Timestamp
FileName
FolderPath
SHA256
InitiatingProcessFileName

Detection Patterns #

References #

Event ID 9002002 — File modified

Provider
Defender-DeviceFileEvents
Channel
FileModified

Description

File modified — Sysmon-2 fires on FileCreateTime change specifically; Defender's FileModified is broader. Approximate bridge.

Fields #

NameDescription
DeviceId
Timestamp
FileName
FolderPath
SHA256
InitiatingProcessFileName

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Event ID 9002003 — File deleted

Provider
Defender-DeviceFileEvents
Channel
FileDeleted

Description

File deleted

Fields #

NameDescription
DeviceId
Timestamp
FileName
FolderPath
InitiatingProcessFileName

References #

Event ID 9002004 — File renamed

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Provider
Defender-DeviceFileEvents
Channel
FileRenamed

Description

File renamed — No clean Windows-native equivalent.

Fields #

NameDescription
DeviceId
Timestamp
FileName
FolderPath
PreviousFileName
InitiatingProcessFileName

Detection Rules #

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Kusto Query Language # view in reference

  • ASR Bypassing Writing Executable Content source medium: The query checks for any file which has been created/written by an Office application and shortly after renamed to one of the deny-listed "executable extensions" which are text files. (e.g. ps1, .js, .vbs).

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