Delete Important Scheduled Task
Detects when adversaries stop services or processes by deleting their respective scheduled tasks in order to conduct data destructive activities
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1title: Delete Important Scheduled Task
2id: dbc1f800-0fe0-4bc0-9c66-292c2abe3f78
3related:
4 - id: 9e3cb244-bdb8-4632-8c90-6079c8f4f16d # TaskScheduler EventLog
5 type: similar
6 - id: 7595ba94-cf3b-4471-aa03-4f6baa9e5fad # Security-Audting Eventlog
7 type: similar
8status: test
9description: Detects when adversaries stop services or processes by deleting their respective scheduled tasks in order to conduct data destructive activities
10references:
11 - Internal Research
12author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
13date: 2022-09-09
14tags:
15 - attack.impact
16 - attack.t1489
17logsource:
18 category: process_creation
19 product: windows
20detection:
21 selection:
22 Image|endswith: '\schtasks.exe'
23 CommandLine|contains|all:
24 - '/delete'
25 - '/tn'
26 CommandLine|contains:
27 # Add more important tasks
28 - '\Windows\BitLocker'
29 - '\Windows\ExploitGuard'
30 - '\Windows\SystemRestore\SR'
31 - '\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\'
32 - '\Windows\Windows Defender\'
33 - '\Windows\WindowsBackup\'
34 - '\Windows\WindowsUpdate\'
35 condition: selection
36falsepositives:
37 - Unlikely
38level: high
References
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