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Potential Persistence Via Powershell Search Order Hijacking - Task

Dec 1, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 ·
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Detects suspicious powershell execution via a schedule task where the command ends with an suspicious flags to hide the powershell instance instead of executeing scripts or commands. This could be a sign of persistence via PowerShell "Get-Variable" technique as seen being used in Colibri Loader

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Uncommon One Time Only Scheduled Task At 00:00

Dec 1, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.privilege_escalation attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects scheduled task creation events that include suspicious actions, and is run once at 00:00

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Scheduled Task Creation

Nov 27, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.privilege_escalation attack.t1053.005 attack.s0111 car.2013-08-001 stp.1u ·
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Detects the creation of scheduled tasks in user session

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Diamond Sleet APT Scheduled Task Creation

Oct 28, 2023 · attack.execution attack.privilege_escalation attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects registry event related to the creation of a scheduled task used by Diamond Sleet APT during exploitation of Team City CVE-2023-42793 vulnerability

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Scheduled Task Executed From A Suspicious Location

Oct 18, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects the execution of Scheduled Tasks where the Program being run is located in a suspicious location or it's an unusale program to be run from a Scheduled Task

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Scheduled Task Executed Uncommon LOLBIN

Oct 18, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects the execution of Scheduled Tasks where the program being run is located in a suspicious location or where it is an unusual program to be run from a Scheduled Task

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Schtasks From Suspicious Folders

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects scheduled task creations that have suspicious action command and folder combinations

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Suspicious Add Scheduled Task Parent

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects suspicious scheduled task creations from a parent stored in a temporary folder

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Suspicious Modification Of Scheduled Tasks

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects when an attacker tries to modify an already existing scheduled tasks to run from a suspicious location Attackers can create a simple looking task in order to avoid detection on creation as it's often the most focused on Instead they modify the task after creation to include their malicious payload

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Suspicious Scheduled Task Creation

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.privilege_escalation attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects suspicious scheduled task creation events. Based on attributes such as paths, commands line flags, etc.

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Suspicious Scheduled Task Name As GUID

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects creation of a scheduled task with a GUID like name

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Suspicious Scheduled Task Update

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.privilege_escalation attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects update to a scheduled task event that contain suspicious keywords.

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Suspicious Schtasks Execution AppData Folder

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 ·
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Detects the creation of a schtask that executes a file from C:\Users<USER>\AppData\Local

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Suspicious Schtasks Schedule Type With High Privileges

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects scheduled task creations or modification to be run with high privileges on a suspicious schedule type

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Suspicious Schtasks Schedule Types

Oct 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects scheduled task creations or modification on a suspicious schedule type

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Schtasks Creation Or Modification With SYSTEM Privileges

Oct 12, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects the creation or update of a scheduled task to run with "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" privileges

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Potential Registry Persistence Attempt Via Windows Telemetry

Aug 17, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects potential persistence behavior using the windows telemetry registry key. Windows telemetry makes use of the binary CompatTelRunner.exe to run a variety of commands and perform the actual telemetry collections. This binary was created to be easily extensible, and to that end, it relies on the registry to instruct on which commands to run. The problem is, it will run any arbitrary command without restriction of location or type.

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Scheduled TaskCache Change by Uncommon Program

Aug 17, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053 attack.t1053.005 ·
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Monitor the creation of a new key under 'TaskCache' when a new scheduled task is registered by a process that is not svchost.exe, which is suspicious

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Scheduled Task Executing Encoded Payload from Registry

Jul 20, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 ·
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Detects the creation of a schtask that potentially executes a base64 encoded payload stored in the Windows Registry using PowerShell.

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Scheduled Task Executing Payload from Registry

Jul 20, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 ·
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Detects the creation of a schtasks that potentially executes a payload stored in the Windows Registry using PowerShell.

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Defrag Deactivation

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 attack.s0111 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects the deactivation and disabling of the Scheduled defragmentation task as seen by Slingshot APT group

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OilRig APT Activity

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.g0049 attack.t1053.005 attack.s0111 attack.t1543.003 attack.defense_evasion attack.t1112 attack.command_and_control attack.t1071.004 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects OilRig activity as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report

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OilRig APT Schedule Task Persistence - Security

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.g0049 attack.t1053.005 attack.s0111 attack.t1543.003 attack.defense_evasion attack.t1112 attack.command_and_control attack.t1071.004 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects OilRig schedule task persistence as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report

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OilRig APT Schedule Task Persistence - System

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.g0049 attack.t1053.005 attack.s0111 attack.t1543.003 attack.defense_evasion attack.t1112 attack.command_and_control attack.t1071.004 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects OilRig schedule task persistence as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report

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Operation Wocao Activity

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.discovery attack.t1012 attack.defense_evasion attack.t1036.004 attack.t1027 attack.execution attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects activity mentioned in Operation Wocao report

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Operation Wocao Activity - Security

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.discovery attack.t1012 attack.defense_evasion attack.t1036.004 attack.t1027 attack.execution attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects activity mentioned in Operation Wocao report

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Potential ACTINIUM Persistence Activity

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053 attack.t1053.005 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects specific process parameters as used by ACTINIUM scheduled task persistence creation.

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Potential BearLPE Exploitation

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.privilege_escalation attack.t1053.005 car.2013-08-001 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects potential exploitation of the BearLPE exploit using Task Scheduler ".job" import arbitrary DACL write\par

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Turla Group Commands May 2020

Jun 20, 2023 · attack.g0010 attack.execution attack.t1059.001 attack.t1053.005 attack.t1027 detection.emerging_threats ·
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Detects commands used by Turla group as reported by ESET in May 2020

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Suspicious Command Patterns In Scheduled Task Creation

May 17, 2023 · attack.execution attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects scheduled task creation using "schtasks" that contain potentially suspicious or uncommon commands

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Suspicious Scheduled Task Creation via Masqueraded XML File

Apr 21, 2023 · attack.defense_evasion attack.persistence attack.t1036.005 attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects the creation of a scheduled task using the "-XML" flag with a file without the '.xml' extension. This behavior could be indicative of potential defense evasion attempt during persistence

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Important Scheduled Task Deleted/Disabled

Mar 14, 2023 · attack.execution attack.privilege_escalation attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects when adversaries stop services or processes by deleting or disabling their respective scheduled tasks in order to conduct data destructive activities

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OilRig APT Registry Persistence

Mar 9, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.g0049 attack.t1053.005 attack.s0111 attack.t1543.003 attack.defense_evasion attack.t1112 attack.command_and_control attack.t1071.004 ·
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Detects OilRig registry persistence as reported by Nyotron in their March 2018 report

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HackTool - Default PowerSploit/Empire Scheduled Task Creation

Mar 7, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.privilege_escalation attack.s0111 attack.g0022 attack.g0060 car.2013-08-001 attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 ·
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Detects the creation of a schtask via PowerSploit or Empire Default Configuration.

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Potential Persistence Via Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser

Mar 5, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects manual execution of the "Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser" task via schtasks. In order to trigger persistence stored in the "\AppCompatFlags\TelemetryController" registry key.

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Suspicious Scheduled Task Creation Involving Temp Folder

Mar 5, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects the creation of scheduled tasks that involves a temporary folder and runs only once

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Powershell Create Scheduled Task

Jan 27, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Adversaries may abuse the Windows Task Scheduler to perform task scheduling for initial or recurring execution of malicious code

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QBot process creation from scheduled task REGSVR32 (regsvr32.exe), -s flag and SYSTEM in the command line

Jan 8, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.privilege_escalation attack.t1053.005 attack.S0650 attack.qbot ·
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Detects the process creation from Scheduled Task with REGSVR32 (regsvr32.exe), -s flag and SYSTEM in the command line

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QBot scheduled task REGSVR32 with C$ image path

Jan 8, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.privilege_escalation attack.t1053.005 attack.S0650 attack.qbot ·
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Detects the creation of Scheduled Task with REGSVR32 (regsvr32.exe) and C$ in the image path field

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Scheduled task executing powershell encoded payload from registry

Jan 8, 2023 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 ·
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Detects the creation of a schtask that executes a base64 encoded payload stored in the Windows Registry using PowerShell.

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Suspicious Scheduled Task Creation to execute LOLbins

Jan 8, 2023 · attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 ·
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Suspicious Schtasks Child Process

Nov 19, 2022 · attack.persistence attack.t1053 attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects schtasks being run as a child process of explorer.exe to create a schedule task.

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Windows Scheduled Task Behaving Improperly or Suspiciously

Nov 9, 2022 · attack.persistence attack.execution attack.t1053 attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects scheduled tasks created with the /create flag and a reference to commonly-abused Windows utilities. Inspired by the 2022 Red Canary Threat Detection report.

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Windows Scheduled Task Create Shell

Nov 9, 2022 · attack.persistence attack.execution attack.t1053 attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects creation of scheduled tasks which may establish persistence using the command shell. Inspired by the 2022 Red Canary Threat Detection report.

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Windows Scheduled Task Making Suspicious Network Connection

Nov 9, 2022 · attack.persistence attack.execution attack.t1053 attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detects scheduled tasks created to reach out to external domains and download arbitrary binaries on a set or recurring schedule. Inspired by the 2022 Red Canary Threat Detection report.

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Persistence and Execution at Scale via GPO Scheduled Task

Oct 25, 2022 · attack.persistence attack.lateral_movement attack.t1053.005 ·
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Detect lateral movement using GPO scheduled task, usually used to deploy ransomware at scale

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Scheduled task executing powershell encoded payload from registry

Jun 14, 2022 · attack.execution attack.persistence attack.t1053.005 attack.t1059.001 ·
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Detects the creation of a schtask that executes a base64 encoded payload stored in the Windows Registry using PowerShell.

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ChromeLoader Malware Detection

Apr 25, 2022 · attack.execution attack.T1059.001 attack.persistence attack.T1176 attack.T1053.005 ·
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Detects execution of ChromeLoader malware via a registered scheduled task

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