Sigma rule: Scheduled Task Created - Registry

Rule

Title

Scheduled Task Created - Registry

Status

test

Level

low

Author

Center for Threat Informed Defense (CTID) Summiting the Pyramid Team

Date

2023-09-27

File

rules-threat-hunting/windows/registry/registry_event/registry_event_scheduled_task_creation.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the creation of a scheduled task via Registry keys.

Log source

product

windows

category

registry_event

Detection

selection:
    TargetObject|contains:
        - '\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks\'
        - '\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Likely as this is a normal behaviour on Windows

Tags

• attack.execution
• attack.persistence
• attack.privilege-escalation
• attack.s0111
• attack.t1053.005
• car.2013-08-001
• detection.threat-hunting

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• S0111
• T1053.005

References

• https://center-for-threat-informed-defense.github.io/summiting-the-pyramid/analytics/task_scheduling/
• https://posts.specterops.io/abstracting-scheduled-tasks-3b6451f6a1c5

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-threat-hunting/windows/registry/registry_event/registry_event_scheduled_task_creation.yml