Persistence (TA0003)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
text code block:sequence by host.id with maxspan = 30s [any where host.os.type == "windows" and (event.category : ("library", "driver") or (event.category == "process" and event.action : "Image loaded*")) and (?dll.name : "taskschd.dll" or file.name : "taskschd.dll") and process.name : ("cscript.exe", "wscript.exe", "powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe", "powershell_ise.exe")] [registry where host.os.type == "windows" and event.type == "change" and registry.value : "Actions" and registry.path : ( "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Tasks\\*\\Actions", "\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Schedule\\TaskCache\\Tasks\\*\\Actions" )]
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Scheduled Task Created by a Windows Script in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.
To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).