{"description":"Trending threats, MITRE ATT\u0026CK coverage, and detection metadata. Fed continuously.","feed_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/actors/bronze-silhouette/feed.json","home_page_url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/","items":[{"_cs_actors":["Volt Typhoon","Vanguard Panda","Bronze Silhouette","Insidious Taurus"],"_cs_cpes":[],"_cs_cves":[],"_cs_exploited":false,"_cs_has_poc":false,"_cs_poc_references":[],"_cs_products":[],"_cs_severities":["medium"],"_cs_tags":["discovery","reconnaissance","wmic","living-off-the-land","windows"],"_cs_type":"threat","_cs_vendors":["Microsoft"],"content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe threat actor Volt Typhoon has been observed leveraging the native Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC.EXE) utility to conduct comprehensive reconnaissance of victim systems. This activity, documented by CISA (AA23-144A), involves querying system disk and volume information, including volume names, sizes, and free space. This technique allows adversaries to gain a detailed understanding of the target environment's storage configuration without deploying custom tools, thereby minimizing their forensic footprint and blending in with legitimate administrative activities. This discovery phase is crucial for Volt Typhoon as it informs subsequent actions such as data staging, exfiltration planning, or identifying targets for destructive actions. Defenders must recognize these behaviors as early indicators of compromise and prevent further progression of the attack.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"impact\"\u003eImpact\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile discovery actions like WMIC-based system information gathering do not directly cause damage, they are a critical precursor to more impactful stages of an attack. By understanding system disk and volume configurations, Volt Typhoon can identify valuable data repositories for exfiltration, determine available space for staging malicious payloads, or map out network shares. This knowledge allows the adversary to make informed decisions for data theft, system disruption, or ransomware deployment, potentially leading to significant financial losses, reputational damage, and operational downtime for targeted organizations across various sectors, including critical infrastructure.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"recommendation\"\u003eRecommendation\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeploy the \u0026quot;System Disk And Volume Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE\u0026quot; Sigma rule to your SIEM/EDR to detect suspicious WMIC activity immediately.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnsure Sysmon process_creation logging is enabled on all Windows endpoints to capture \u003ccode\u003ewmic.exe\u003c/code\u003e command-line arguments.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvestigate any alerts generated by the \u0026quot;System Disk And Volume Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE\u0026quot; rule for context and potential malicious intent.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n","date_modified":"2026-07-03T14:54:37Z","date_published":"2026-07-03T14:54:37Z","id":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-07-wmic-disk-recon/","summary":"Threat actor Volt Typhoon is observed using the built-in Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC.EXE) utility to perform system and volume discovery, gathering critical system information that can facilitate further network exploitation and data exfiltration.","title":"System Disk And Volume Reconnaissance Via Wmic.EXE","url":"https://feed.craftedsignal.io/briefs/2026-07-wmic-disk-recon/"}],"language":"en","title":"CraftedSignal Threat Feed - Bronze Silhouette","version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1"}