Information about the "File modified" event

The window displaying information about File changed events contains the following details:

• Tree of events.
• Recommendations for processing an event.
• Depending on the type of operation that was performed with the file, one of the following section names is displayed in the event information:
  • File created.
  • File modified.
  • File renamed.
  • File deleted.
  • File attributes modified.
  • File read.

  The section displays the following information:

  • IOA tags—Information about the results of file analysis using the Targeted Attack Analyzer technology: name of the TAA (IOA) rule that was used to create the alert.

    Click the link to display information about the TAA (IOA) rule. If the rule was provided by Kaspersky experts, it contains information about the triggered MITRE technique as well as recommendations for reacting to the event.

    The MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques & Common Knowledge) database contains descriptions of hacker behavior based on the analysis of real attacks. It is a structured list of known hacker techniques represented as a table.

    The field is displayed if a TAA (IOA) rule was triggered when the event was created.

  • File—Name of the created, deleted, or modified file.
  • MD5—MD5 hash of the created, deleted, or modified file.
  • SHA256—SHA256 hash of the created, deleted, or modified file.
  • Size—Size of the created, deleted, or modified file.
  • Event time—Time when the event was detected.
  • Time created—Time when the file was created.
  • Time modified—Time of last modification of the file.
  • Previous version—Name of the previous version of the file.

    The Previous version field is displayed in event details only for operations of the File renamed type.

  • Remove file after reboot—Status of the file to be deleted.

    If the file to which the "delete" operation was applied is opened in any application or is used by other processes, it is deleted when these processes terminate after a restart of the host. In this case, Remove file after reboot displays Yes.

    If the file to which the "delete" operation was applied was deleted immediately, the Remove file after reboot field displays No.

    The Remove file after reboot field is displayed in event details only for operations of the File deleted type.

  If the event was logged in the event database by Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux or Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac, the section also includes the following fields:

  • File type—Extension of the created, deleted, or modified file.
  • File open flags—Value of the open flags for the created, deleted, or modified file.
  • Owner user name—Name of the user that created the file.
  • Owner group name—Name of the group whose users can modify or delete the file.
  • File permitted capabilities—Permissions that can be used to gain access to a created, deleted, or modified file. This field is not displayed if the event was recorded by Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac.
  • File inheritable capabilities—Permissions that a user group has to perform operations on the parent directory of the created, deleted, or modified file. This field is not displayed if the event was recorded by Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac.
  • File effective capabilities—Permissions that are relevant to the created, deleted, or modified file at the current moment. This field is not displayed if the event was recorded by Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac.
• Event initiator section:
  • File—Path to the parent process file.
  • MD5—MD5 hash of the parent process file.
  • SHA256—SHA256 hash of the parent process file.

  If the event was logged in the event database by Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux or Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac, the Event initiator section also includes the following fields:

  • Environment variables—Environment variables of the process.
  • Real user name—Name of the user assigned when registering in the system.
  • Real group name—Group to which the user belongs.
  • Effective user name—User name that was used to log in to the system.
  • Effective group name—Group of the user whose name was used to log in to the system.
• System info section:
  • Host name—Name of the host on which the file was created.
  • Host IP—IP address of the host on which the file was created.

    If you are using dynamic IP addresses, the field displays the IP address assigned to the host at the moment when the event was created.

    The application does not support IPv6. If you are using IPv6, the IP address of the host is not displayed.

  • User name—Name of the user that created the file.
  • OS version—Version of the operating system that is being used on the host.

  If the event was logged in the event database by Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux or Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac, the System info section also displays the Logon from remote host field for the name of host from which the remote logon was performed.

Clicking the link with the file name or path to the file in the section with information about the file with which the operation was performed opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

• Find events.
• Find alerts.
• Run the following tasks:
  • Delete file.
  • Get file.
  • Get forensics.
  • Quarantine file.
• Copy value to clipboard.

Clicking the link with the file name or file path in the Event initiator section opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

• Find events.
• Find alerts.
• Run the following tasks:
  • Kill process.
  • Kill by unique PID.
  • Delete file.
  • Get file.
  • Get forensics.
  • Quarantine file.
• Copy value to clipboard.

In the information about the event that Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux or Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac recorded in the event database, you can click the links with the file name or file path to open a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

• Find events.
• Find alerts.
• Run the Get file task.
• Copy value to clipboard.

Clicking the link with the host name opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

• Find events.
• Find alerts.
• Run the following tasks:
  • Get data → File, Forensics, Disk image, Memory dump.
  • Kill process.
  • Delete file.
  • Quarantine file.
  • Run application.
• Copy value to clipboard.

In the information about the event that Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux or Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Mac recorded in the event database, you can click the link with the host name to expand a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

• Find events.
• Find alerts.
• Run the following tasks:
  • File.
  • Run application.
• Copy value to clipboard.

Clicking the MD5 link opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

• Find events.
• Find alerts.
• Find on Kaspersky TIP.

  Kaspersky information system Contains and displays reputation information for files and URL addresses.

• Find in Storage.
• Create prevention rule.
• Copy value to clipboard.

Clicking the SHA256 link opens a list in which you can select one of the following actions:

• Find events.
• Find alerts.
• Find on Kaspersky TIP.
• Find on virustotal.com.
• Find in Storage.
• Create prevention rule.
• Copy value to clipboard.

See also Event information Recommendations for processing events Information about events in the tree of events Viewing the table of events Configuring the event table display Viewing information about an event Information about the "Process started" event Information about the "Process terminated" event Information about the "Module loaded" event Information about the "Remote connection" event Information about the "Prevention rule" event Information about the "Document blocked" event Information about the "System event log" event Information about the "Changes in the registry" event Information about the "Port listened" event Information about the "Driver loaded" event Information about the "Alert" event Information about the "Alert processing result" event Information about the "Interpreted file run" event Information about the "AMSI scan" event Information about the "Interactive command input at the console" event

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