Analytics BIOC Low

Suspicious systemd timer activity

Suspicious systemd timer activity, which may indicate an attempt to establish persistence.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Execution (TA0002) Persistence (TA0003) Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK techniques: Scheduled Task/Job: Systemd Timers (T1053.006)
Attacker's goals:

An adversary may use systemd timers to execute malicious code at system startup or on a scheduled basis for persistence.

Investigative actions:

Check the systemd timer file change and try to understand the impact of the systemd timers change.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day