Removal Of SD Value to Hide Schedule Task - Registry

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Remove SD (Security Descriptor) value in \\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Tree registry hive to hide schedule task. This technique is used by Tarrask malware

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry entry deleted" AND ACCESSES = "DeleteKey" AND ((OBJECTNAME contains "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree" AND OBJECTNAME contains "SD") OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree" AND isExist(OBJECTVALUENAME))) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.OBJECTNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Sittikorn S