Detection rules › Sigma

Removal Of SD Value to Hide Schedule Task - Registry

Severity
medium
Author
Sittikorn S
Source
upstream

Remove SD (Security Descriptor) value in \Schedule\TaskCache\Tree registry hive to hide schedule task. This technique is used by Tarrask malware

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Defense EvasionT1562 Impair Defenses

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon14RegistryEvent (Key and Value Rename)

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: selection

TargetObject|contains: SD
TargetObject|contains: '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\'

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.

FieldKindValues
TargetObjectmatch
  • SD
  • \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\ corpus 3 (sigma 3)