During a recent incident response engagement, FortiGuard IR services (FGIR) responded to a ransomware attack where the threat actor heavily used anti forensic techniques to cover their tracks and to avoid their malware getting into the hands of researchers.
They attempted to achieve this by deleting files and folders they had created, clearing logs and obfuscating malware. While analyzing a disk image of a compromised Windows Server 2016 system, FGIR was able to identify historical evidence of deleted malware and tools used by the threat actor, inside an obscure ETL file called AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl. ETL files are generated by the Windows ETW (Event Tracing for Windows) infrastructure.
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Source: Fortinet
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