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MediumSigmaHQ Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)

Schedule Task Creation From Env Variable Or Potentially Suspicious Path Via Schtasks.EXE

Detects Schtask creations that point to a suspicious folder or an environment variable often used by malware

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 category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Benign scheduled tasks creations or executions that happen often during software installations
Software that uses the AppData folder and scheduled tasks to update the software in the AppData folders

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
blog.talosintelligence.com/gophish-powerrat-dcrat/	Threat report	Only this detection cites it
www.joesandbox.com/analysis/514608/0/html#324415FF7D8324231381BAD48A052F85DF04	Unclassified	Only this detection cites it
www.welivesecurity.com/2022/01/18/donot-go-do-not-respawn/	Threat report	Only this detection cites it

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