Persistence via Scheduled Job Creation

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A job can be used to schedule programs or scripts to be executed at a specified date and time. Adversaries may abuse task scheduling functionality to facilitate initial or recurring execution of malicious code.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • logs-windows.*
  • endgame-*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

  • Domain: Endpoint
  • OS: Windows
  • Use Case: Threat Detection
  • Tactic: Persistence
  • Data Source: Elastic Endgame

Version: 103

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Rule query

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file where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type != "deletion" and
 file.path : "?:\\Windows\\Tasks\\*" and file.extension : "job"

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM