title: Suspicious Scheduled Task Name As GUID id: ff2fff64-4cd6-4a2b-ba7d-e28a30bbe66b status: test description: Detects creation of a scheduled task with a GUID like name references: - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/10/31/follina-exploit-leads-to-domain-compromise/ - https://thedfirreport.com/2022/02/21/qbot-and-zerologon-lead-to-full-domain-compromise/ author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) date: 2022-10-31 tags: - attack.privilege-escalation - attack.persistence - attack.execution - attack.t1053.005 logsource: product: windows category: process_creation detection: selection_img: Image|endswith: '\schtasks.exe' CommandLine|contains: '/Create ' selection_tn: CommandLine|contains: # Can start with single or double quote - '/TN "{' - "/TN '{" - "/TN {" selection_end: CommandLine|contains: # Ending of the name to avoid possible FP in the rest of the commandline - '}"' - "}'" - '} ' condition: all of selection_* falsepositives: - Legitimate software naming their tasks as GUIDs level: medium