blog/source/threat-hunting/file-hiding-using-attrib-exe-observed.md

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File hiding using attrib.exe observed	page	2025-07-27

Description: attrib.exe can be used to hide files from Explorer. References: 1, 2

| tstats summariesonly=true allow_old_summaries=true fillnull_value="unknown" count FROM datamodel=Endpoint.Processes WHERE index="windows" Processes.process_name="attrib.exe" Processes.process IN ("*+h", "*+s*", "*+r*") BY index, host, Processes.signature_id, Processes.signature, Processes.parent_process, Processes.process, Processes.user, _time span=1s
| rename Processes.* AS *, signature_id AS EventCode, signature AS EventDescription