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Schtasks

Date: 2020-12-07 ID: cc9b265f-efc9-11eb-926b-550bf0943fbb Author: Patrick Bareiss Environment: attack_range Directory: schtasks

Description

Manual generation of schtask registering a binary to run from non-standard paths.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

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

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory schtasks
Test Date 2020-12-07

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1053.005/schtasks/windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

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

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Suspicious Scheduled Task from Public Directory Anomaly Endpoint T1053.005 XWorm, Medusa Ransomware, CISA AA23-347A, Azorult, Scheduled Tasks, Living Off The Land, Ransomware, Crypto Stealer, Salt Typhoon, Quasar RAT, DarkCrystal RAT, Ryuk Ransomware, CISA AA24-241A, Malicious Inno Setup Loader, Windows Persistence Techniques, MoonPeak, China-Nexus Threat Activity, Scattered Spider, APT37 Rustonotto and FadeStealer, Lokibot

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/schtasks/windows-sysmon.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

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

Related Content

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

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0