title: DD Data Destruction
description: Detect data destruction with the DD command. Alternatively, DV 3.0 with 4.4 Agents will support TgtFileDeletionCount > "100" query for detection of over 100 files deleted, which can be combined with *FileType* for filtering.
author: keyboardcrunch
date: 10/10/2020
modified: 05/12/2020
mitre:
   tactic: Impact
   technique: T1485
   subtechnique: 
operating_system: linux
query: AgentOS In ("linux","osx") AND TgtProcName = "dd" AND TgtProcCmdLine ContainsCIS "of="
false_positives: 
   - Disk image captures
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