Rare scheduled task created

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

Product

Cortex XDR

Last date published

2024-10-08

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	Requires: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
Detection Modules
Detector Tags	Impacket Analytics
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003)
ATT&CK Technique	Scheduled Task/Job (T1053)
Severity	Low

A new rare scheduled task was created with a rare path and a rare command line.

Attackers may attempt to gain persistence on the endpoint using scheduled task.

ATT&CK Tactic

ATT&CK Technique

Severity

Medium

A new uncommon remote scheduled task was created with a rare path and a rare command line.

Attackers may attempt to gain persistence or perform lateral movement to new hosts to expand the foothold within a network.

Review the action of the created scheduled task.
Correlate the RPC call from the source host and understand which software initiated it.

A new uncommon local scheduled task was created with a rare path and a rare command line.

Attackers may attempt to gain persistence on the endpoint using scheduled task.