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Important Scheduled Task Deleted

Detects when adversaries try to stop system services or processes by deleting their respective scheduled tasks in order to conduct data destructive activities

MITRE ATT&CK

impact

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID: 141
  TaskName|contains:
    - \Windows\SystemRestore\SR
    - \Windows\Windows Defender\
    - \Windows\BitLocker
    - \Windows\WindowsBackup\
    - \Windows\WindowsUpdate\
    - \Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\
    - \Windows\ExploitGuard
filter:
  UserName|contains:
    - AUTHORI
    - AUTORI
condition: selection and not filter

Author

frack113

Created

2023-01-13

Data Sources

windowstaskscheduler

Platforms

windows

Tags

attack.impactattack.t1489
Raw Content
title: Important Scheduled Task Deleted
id: 9e3cb244-bdb8-4632-8c90-6079c8f4f16d
related:
    - id: dbc1f800-0fe0-4bc0-9c66-292c2abe3f78 # ProcCreation schtasks delete
      type: similar
    - id: 7595ba94-cf3b-4471-aa03-4f6baa9e5fad # Security-Audting Eventlog
      type: similar
status: test
description: |
    Detects when adversaries try to stop system services or processes by deleting their respective scheduled tasks in order to conduct data destructive activities
references:
    - https://www.socinvestigation.com/most-common-windows-event-ids-to-hunt-mind-map/
author: frack113
date: 2023-01-13
modified: 2023-02-07
tags:
    - attack.impact
    - attack.t1489
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: taskscheduler
    definition: 'Requirements: The "Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler/Operational" is disabled by default and needs to be enabled in order for this detection to trigger'
detection:
    selection:
        EventID: 141
        TaskName|contains:
            - '\Windows\SystemRestore\SR'
            - '\Windows\Windows Defender\'
            - '\Windows\BitLocker'
            - '\Windows\WindowsBackup\'
            - '\Windows\WindowsUpdate\'
            - '\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\'
            - '\Windows\ExploitGuard'
    filter:
        UserName|contains:
            - 'AUTHORI'
            - 'AUTORI'
    condition: selection and not filter
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high