tool

SDelete S0195

Type: tool
Platform: Windows
Created: 18 April 2018
Last modified: 25 April 2025

SDelete is an application that securely deletes data in a way that makes it unrecoverable. It is part of the Microsoft Sysinternals suite of tools. [1]

TechniquesBottom 7%

TacticsBottom 12%

Threat groupsunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

MITRE reference S0195

File Deletion T1070.004↗

SDelete deletes data in a way that makes it unrecoverable.2

Stealth30 detection rules

Data Destruction T1485↗

SDelete deletes data in a way that makes it unrecoverable.3

Impact56 detection rules

Standing S0195

Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.

Reach

Techniques2Bottom 7%

7th percentile · 93% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.

Tactics2Bottom 12%

12th percentile · 88% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.

Threat groups561% tie · 22 values

61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Campaigns085% tie · 8 values

85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Coverage

Rules / technique43medTop 12%

88th percentile · 88% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique8med

Detection coverage S0195

77 distinct rules cover the 2 techniques recorded for this tool. The 86 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 77 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 43 Splunk · 34 Sigma.

2 covered by at least one rule77 distinct rules in total

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MITRE reference S0195

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