tool

cipher.exe S1205

Type: tool
Platform: Windows
Created: 25 February 2025
Last modified: 10 March 2025

cipher.exe is a native Microsoft utility that manages encryption of directories and files on NTFS (New Technology File System) partitions by using the Encrypting File System (EFS).[1]

TechniqueBottom 5%

TacticBottom 6%

Threat groupunranked

Campaignunranked

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

cipher.exe MITRE reference S1205

Disk Content Wipe T1561.001 ↗

cipher.exe can be used to overwrite deleted data in specified folders.2

Impact2 detection rules

Standing S1205

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

Technique1Bottom 5%

5th percentile · 95% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.

Tactic1Bottom 6%

6th percentile · 94% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.

Threat group161% 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.

Campaign185% 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 / technique2medBottom 2%

2nd percentile · 98% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.

Tests / technique0med

cipher.exe detections S1205

2 distinct rules cover the 1 technique recorded for this tool. 1 Sigma · 1 Splunk.

1 covered by at least one rule2 distinct rules in total

Showing 1-2 of 2 rules

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Select	Title	Description	Category	Status	Event	OS	Product	MITRE ATT&CK	CVEs	Severity	Author	Created	Updated	ID	Refs
		See what files are being deleted from flash file systems	Generic	test	authentication	-	Cisco AAA · Cisco	Impact Disk Wipe Disk Content Wipe Disk Structure Wipe Stealth Indicator Removal File Deletion	-	medium	Austin Clark	2019-08-12	2023-01-04	71d65515-c436-43c0-841b-236b1f32c21e	-
Splunk		The following analytic detects a high volume of "wipe ManagedDevice" events from the Intune admin portal (5+ per hour by default). (...)	Generic	stable	cloud_audit	-	Azure	Impact Disk Wipe Disk Content Wipe	-	medium	Jake Enea	2026-04-15	2026-05-13	c3f48aa9-878e-443f-8889-e42a11a9bea9

Standing S1205

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