Winevent Windows Task Scheduler Event Action Started

Date: 2025-08-12 ID: aed2ac9a-81af-43ad-a2d0-7172f0670b53 Author: Generated by dataset_analyzer.py Environment: attack_range Directory: winevent_windows_task_scheduler_event_action_started

Description

Automatically categorized datasets in directory winevent_windows_task_scheduler_event_action_started

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1053.005	Scheduled Task	Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation

Environment Details

Field	Value
Environment	attack_range
Directory	winevent_windows_task_scheduler_event_action_started
Test Date	2025-08-12

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Xml

Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1053.005/winevent_windows_task_scheduler_event_action_started/windows-xml.log
Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name	Type	Source	MITRE ATT&CK	Analytic Story
WinEvent Windows Task Scheduler Event Action Started	`Hunting`	Endpoint	T1053.005	IcedID, BlackSuit Ransomware, Windows Persistence Techniques, Prestige Ransomware, Winter Vivern, CISA AA22-257A, Amadey, AsyncRAT, ValleyRAT, SystemBC, Malicious Inno Setup Loader, Scheduled Tasks, Data Destruction, CISA AA24-241A, DarkCrystal RAT, Qakbot, Sandworm Tools, Industroyer2

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1053.005/winevent_windows_task_scheduler_event_action_started/windows-xml.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0