HighSigmaHQ Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)

Scheduled Task Creation Masquerading as System Processes

Detects the creation of scheduled tasks that involve system processes, which may indicate malicious actors masquerading as or abusing these processes to execute payloads or maintain persistence.

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Detection requirements

Platform: Containers ESXi Linux macOS 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

Legitimate system administration tasks scheduling trusted system processes.

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
tria.ge/241015-l98snsyeje/behavioral2	Unclassified	7

Detection rules

Scheduled Task Creation Masquerading as System Processes

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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Detection rules