Suspicious Scheduled Task Write to System32 Tasks

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the creation of tasks from processes executed from suspicious locations

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "File Created or Modified" AND (FILENAME contains "\Windows\System32\Tasks" OR OBJECTNAME contains "\Windows\System32\Tasks") AND PROCESSNAME contains "\AppData\,C:\PerfLogs,\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.DOMAIN,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.FILENAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)