A scheduled task was updated

Indicates the update of a scheduled task using Windows event logs. Adversaries can use these to establish persistence, by changing the configuration of a legit scheduled task. Some changes such as disabling or enabling a scheduled task are common and may may generate noise.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

winlogbeat-*
logs-system.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4698

Tags:

Elastic
Host
Windows
Threat Detection
Persistence

Version: 1

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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iam where event.action == "scheduled-task-updated" and

 /* excluding tasks created by the computer account */
 not user.name : "*$" and
 not winlog.event_data.TaskName :
          ("\\User_Feed_Synchronization-*",
           "\\OneDrive Reporting Task-S-1-5-21*",
           "\\Hewlett-Packard\\HP Web Products Detection",
           "\\Hewlett-Packard\\HPDeviceCheck")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
Technique:
- Name: Scheduled Task/Job
- ID: T1053
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Scheduled Task
- ID: T1053.005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1053/005/

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