Uncommon One Time Only Scheduled Task At 00\\:00

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects scheduled task creation events that include suspicious actions, and is run once at 00\\:00

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND (PROCESSNAME contains "\schtasks.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME = "schtasks.exe") AND COMMANDLINE contains "wscript,vbscript,cscript,wmic ,wmic.exe,regsvr32.exe,powershell,\AppData" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "once" AND COMMANDLINE contains "00:00") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows