Elastic Security Detection Rules

Remote Scheduled Task Creation via RPC

Last updated 19 days ago on 2025-01-17
Created 2 years ago on 2022-08-29

About

Identifies scheduled task creation from a remote source. This could be indicative of adversary lateral movement.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: WindowsUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Lateral MovementData Source: SystemLanguage: eql
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Lateral Movement (TA0008)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Remote Services (T1021)(opens in a new tab or window)

Execution (TA0002)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Scheduled Task/Job (T1053)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
winlogbeat-*logs-system.security*logs-windows.forwarded*
Related Integrations

system(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
iam where event.action == "scheduled-task-created" and
 winlog.event_data.RpcCallClientLocality : "0" and winlog.event_data.ClientProcessId : "0"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Remote Scheduled Task Creation via RPC 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(opens in a new tab or window).