Schtasks From Suspicious Folders
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects scheduled task creations that have suspicious action command and folder combinations
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "\schtasks.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "schtasks.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains " /create " AND COMMANDLINE contains "powershell,pwsh,cmd /c ,cmd /k ,cmd /r ,cmd.exe /c ,cmd.exe /k ,cmd.exe /r " AND COMMANDLINE contains "C:\ProgramData\,%ProgramData%" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
