Analytics BIOC
Informational
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Service execution via sc.exe
Sc.exe has the ability to start services on local and remote hosts. An attacker may abuse it to execute malicious services on a host.
- Module:
- Platform Analytics
- Data source:
- XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Execution (TA0002)
ATT&CK techniques: System Services: Service Execution (T1569.002)
Detector tags: Malicious Service Analytics
Attacker's goals:
Execute commands and run code on local or remote hosts.
Investigative actions:
Check whether the service that was created via sc.exe is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.
- Test period:
- N/A (single event)
- Deduplication:
- 1 Day