HackTool - Default PowerSploit/Empire Scheduled Task Creation
Detects the creation of a schtask via PowerSploit or Empire Default Configuration.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/0xdeadbeefJERKY/PowerSploit/blob/8690399ef70d2cad10213575ac67e8fa90ddf7c3/Persistence/Persistence.psm1 | Only this detection cites it |
| github.com/EmpireProject/Empire/blob/08cbd274bef78243d7a8ed6443b8364acd1fc48b/lib/modules/powershell/persistence/userland/schtasks.py | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 56c217c3-2de2-479b-990f-5c109ba8458f
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.executionattack.g0022attack.g0060attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalationattack.s0111car.2013-08-001
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1