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4.1 KiB
YAML
82 lines
4.1 KiB
YAML
name: Disable Schedule Task
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id: db596056-3019-11ec-a9ff-acde48001122
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version: 7
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date: '2025-05-02'
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author: Teoderick Contreras, Splunk
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status: production
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type: TTP
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description: The following analytic detects the execution of a command to disable
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an existing scheduled task using 'schtasks.exe' with the '/change' and '/disable'
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parameters. This detection leverages data from Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
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agents, focusing on process names and command-line arguments. Disabling scheduled
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tasks is significant as it is a common tactic used by adversaries, including malware
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like IcedID, to disable security applications and evade detection. If confirmed
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malicious, this activity could allow attackers to persist undetected, disable critical
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security defenses, and further compromise the targeted host.
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data_source:
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- Sysmon EventID 1
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- Windows Event Log Security 4688
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- CrowdStrike ProcessRollup2
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search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime
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max(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes where Processes.process_name=schtasks.exe
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Processes.process=*/change* Processes.process=*/disable* by Processes.action Processes.dest
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Processes.original_file_name Processes.parent_process Processes.parent_process_exec
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Processes.parent_process_guid Processes.parent_process_id Processes.parent_process_name
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Processes.parent_process_path Processes.process Processes.process_exec Processes.process_guid
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Processes.process_hash Processes.process_id Processes.process_integrity_level Processes.process_name
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Processes.process_path Processes.user Processes.user_id Processes.vendor_product
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| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
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| `disable_schedule_task_filter`'
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how_to_implement: The detection is based on data that originates from Endpoint Detection
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and Response (EDR) agents. These agents are designed to provide security-related
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telemetry from the endpoints where the agent is installed. To implement this search,
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you must ingest logs that contain the process GUID, process name, and parent process.
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Additionally, you must ingest complete command-line executions. These logs must
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be processed using the appropriate Splunk Technology Add-ons that are specific to
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the EDR product. The logs must also be mapped to the `Processes` node of the `Endpoint`
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data model. Use the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) to normalize the field
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names and speed up the data modeling process.
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known_false_positives: admin may disable problematic schedule task
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references:
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- https://thedfirreport.com/2021/10/18/icedid-to-xinglocker-ransomware-in-24-hours/
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drilldown_searches:
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- name: View the detection results for - "$dest$"
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search: '%original_detection_search% | search dest = "$dest$"'
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earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
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latest_offset: $info_max_time$
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- name: View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$dest$"
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search: '| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$dest$")
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starthoursago=168 | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime
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values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories)
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as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic)
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as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
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| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`'
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earliest_offset: $info_min_time$
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latest_offset: $info_max_time$
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rba:
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message: schtask process with commandline $process$ to disable schedule task in
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$dest$
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risk_objects:
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- field: dest
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type: system
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score: 56
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threat_objects: []
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tags:
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analytic_story:
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- IcedID
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- Living Off The Land
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asset_type: Endpoint
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mitre_attack_id:
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- T1562.001
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product:
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- Splunk Enterprise
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- Splunk Enterprise Security
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- Splunk Cloud
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security_domain: endpoint
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tests:
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- name: True Positive Test
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attack_data:
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- data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/malware/icedid/disable_schtask/sysmon.log
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source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
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sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
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