Detection rules › Sigma
Suspicious Scheduled Task Name As GUID
Detects creation of a scheduled task with a GUID like name
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Execution | T1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task |
| Persistence | T1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task |
| Privilege Escalation | T1053.005 Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | 1 | Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | 4688 | A new process has been created. |
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: all of selection_img
CommandLine|contains: '/Create '
Image|endswith: '\schtasks.exe'
Stage 2: all of selection_tn
or:
CommandLine|contains: '/TN ''{'
CommandLine|contains: '/TN "{'
CommandLine|contains: '/TN {'
Stage 3: all of selection_end
or:
CommandLine|contains: '} '
CommandLine|contains: '}'''
CommandLine|contains: '}"'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
CommandLine | match |
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Image | ends_with |
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