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HighSigmaHQ Samir Bousseaden

Persistence and Execution at Scale via GPO Scheduled Task

Detect lateral movement using GPO scheduled task, usually used to deploy ransomware at scale

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source service: security

Known benign triggers

If the source IP is not localhost then it's super suspicious, better to monitor both local and remote changes to GPO scheduled tasks.

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
twitter.com/menasec1/status/1106899890377052160	Social post	2from 2 sources
www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/7.17/prebuilt-rule-0-16-1-scheduled-task-execution-at-scale-via-gpo.html	Product documentation	Only this detection cites it
www.secureworks.com/blog/ransomware-as-a-distraction	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it

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