MediumSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Removal Of Index Value to Hide Schedule Task - Registry

Detects when the "index" value of a scheduled task is removed or deleted from the registry. Which effectively hides it from any tooling such as "schtasks /query"

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Detection requirements

Platform: Containers ESXi IaaS Linux macOS Network Devices Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: registry_delete

Known benign triggers

Unknown

References

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Reference	Class	Cited by
blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/06/20/defending-against-scheduled-task-attacks-in-windows-environments	Unclassified	2

Detection rules

Removal Of Index Value to Hide Schedule Task - Registry

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

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