Disable Important Scheduled Task

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects when adversaries stop services or processes by disabling their respective scheduled tasks in order to conduct data destructive activities

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\schtasks.exe" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "/Change" AND COMMANDLINE contains "/TN" AND COMMANDLINE contains "/disable") AND COMMANDLINE contains "\Windows\BitLocker,\Windows\ExploitGuard,\Windows\ExploitGuard\ExploitGuard MDM policy Refresh,\Windows\SystemRestore\SR,\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\,\Windows\Windows Defender\,\Windows\WindowsBackup\,\Windows\WindowsUpdate" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), X__Junior