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    Scheduled Task Creation with Suspicious Payload

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Rudra Verma@Rudraverma
    •updated Jun 2, 2026•2•0•5

    This rule detects the creation of scheduled tasks (`schtasks.exe /create`) where the command line arguments contain suspicious executables or paths commonly associated with malicious activity. This indicates a potential persistence mechanism being established by an adversary.

    Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)

    Tags

    T1053.005 - Scheduled TaskTA0003 - PersistenceT1059.001 - PowerShellS0106 - cmdT1218.005 - MshtaT1218.010 - Regsvr32T1218.011 - Rundll32S0160 - certutilS0190 - BITSAdminTA0002 - ExecutionTA0004 - Privilege EscalationTA0005 - Defense EvasionScheduled Task CreatedCommand ExecutionScript ExecutionWindowsWindows Eventlog Task Schedulerkql

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