Analytics BIOC Informational

Rare scheduled task created

A new rare scheduled task was created with a rare path and a rare command line.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
ATT&CK tactics: Persistence (TA0003)
ATT&CK techniques: Scheduled Task/Job (T1053)
Detector tags: Impacket Analytics Scheduled tasks Analytics
Attacker's goals:

Attackers may attempt to gain persistence on the endpoint using scheduled task.

Investigative actions:

Review the action of the created scheduled task. Investigate the execution chain of the process creating the scheduled task.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day
4 variations:
  • Rare scheduled task created by an injected actor High (parent: Informational)
  • Uncommon remote scheduled task created Medium (parent: Informational) Adds Remote Services (T1021)
  • Uncommon local scheduled task created Low (parent: Informational)
  • Highly rare scheduled task created Low (parent: Informational)