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Scheduled Task/Job - T1053
(ATT&CK® Technique)
Definition
The sub-techniques of this are specific software implementations of scheduling capabilities.
D3FEND Inferred Relationships
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graph LR;
T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] --> |modifies| JobSchedule["Job Schedule"]; class T1053 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
class JobSchedule ArtifactNode; click JobSchedule href "../../../dao/artifact/d3f:JobSchedule";
click T1053 href "../../../offensive-technique/attack/T1053/"; click JobSchedule href "../../../dao/artifact/d3f:JobSchedule"; T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] --> |invokes| CreateProcess["Create Process"]; class T1053 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
class CreateProcess ArtifactNode; click CreateProcess href "../../../dao/artifact/d3f:CreateProcess";
click T1053 href "../../../offensive-technique/attack/T1053/"; click CreateProcess href "../../../dao/artifact/d3f:CreateProcess"; T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] --> |executes| ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"]; class T1053 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode; click ScheduledJob href "../../../dao/artifact/d3f:ScheduledJob";
click T1053 href "../../../offensive-technique/attack/T1053/"; click ScheduledJob href "../../../dao/artifact/d3f:ScheduledJob"; T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] --> |creates| PropertyListFile["Property List File"]; class T1053 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode; click PropertyListFile href "../../../dao/artifact/d3f:PropertyListFile";
click T1053 href "../../../offensive-technique/attack/T1053/"; click PropertyListFile href "../../../dao/artifact/d3f:PropertyListFile"; DecoyFile["Decoy File"] -->
| spoofs | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
DecoyFile["Decoy File"] -.->
| may-deceive | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class DecoyFile DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click DecoyFile href "../../../technique/d3f:DecoyFile"; SystemCallAnalysis["System Call Analysis"] -->
| analyzes | CreateProcess["Create Process"];
SystemCallAnalysis["System Call Analysis"] -.->
| may-detect | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class SystemCallAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class CreateProcess ArtifactNode;
click SystemCallAnalysis href "../../../technique/d3f:SystemCallAnalysis"; ProcessSelf-ModificationDetection["Process Self-Modification Detection"] -->
| analyzes | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
ProcessSelf-ModificationDetection["Process Self-Modification Detection"] -.->
| may-detect | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ProcessSelf-ModificationDetection DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click ProcessSelf-ModificationDetection href "../../../technique/d3f:ProcessSelf-ModificationDetection"; ProcessSpawnAnalysis["Process Spawn Analysis"] -->
| analyzes | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
ProcessSpawnAnalysis["Process Spawn Analysis"] -.->
| may-detect | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ProcessSpawnAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click ProcessSpawnAnalysis href "../../../technique/d3f:ProcessSpawnAnalysis"; ProcessSpawnAnalysis["Process Spawn Analysis"] -->
| analyzes | CreateProcess["Create Process"];
class ProcessSpawnAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class CreateProcess ArtifactNode;
click ProcessSpawnAnalysis href "../../../technique/d3f:ProcessSpawnAnalysis"; FileIntegrityMonitoring["File Integrity Monitoring"] -->
| analyzes | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
FileIntegrityMonitoring["File Integrity Monitoring"] -.->
| may-detect | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class FileIntegrityMonitoring DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click FileIntegrityMonitoring href "../../../technique/d3f:FileIntegrityMonitoring"; HostShutdown["Host Shutdown"] -->
| terminates | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
HostShutdown["Host Shutdown"] -.->
| may-evict | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class HostShutdown DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click HostShutdown href "../../../technique/d3f:HostShutdown"; ProcessTermination["Process Termination"] -->
| terminates | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
ProcessTermination["Process Termination"] -.->
| may-evict | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ProcessTermination DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click ProcessTermination href "../../../technique/d3f:ProcessTermination"; ProcessSuspension["Process Suspension"] -->
| suspends | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
ProcessSuspension["Process Suspension"] -.->
| may-evict | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ProcessSuspension DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click ProcessSuspension href "../../../technique/d3f:ProcessSuspension"; FileEviction["File Eviction"] -->
| deletes | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
FileEviction["File Eviction"] -.->
| may-evict | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class FileEviction DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click FileEviction href "../../../technique/d3f:FileEviction"; ContentModification["Content Modification"] -->
| modifies | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
ContentModification["Content Modification"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ContentModification DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click ContentModification href "../../../technique/d3f:ContentModification"; ContentQuarantine["Content Quarantine"] -->
| quarantines | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
ContentQuarantine["Content Quarantine"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ContentQuarantine DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click ContentQuarantine href "../../../technique/d3f:ContentQuarantine"; ExecutableDenylisting["Executable Denylisting"] -->
| filters | CreateProcess["Create Process"];
ExecutableDenylisting["Executable Denylisting"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ExecutableDenylisting DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class CreateProcess ArtifactNode;
click ExecutableDenylisting href "../../../technique/d3f:ExecutableDenylisting"; Application-basedProcessIsolation["Application-based Process Isolation"] -->
| isolates | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
Application-basedProcessIsolation["Application-based Process Isolation"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class Application-basedProcessIsolation DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click Application-basedProcessIsolation href "../../../technique/d3f:Application-basedProcessIsolation"; Kernel-basedProcessIsolation["Kernel-based Process Isolation"] -->
| isolates | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
Kernel-basedProcessIsolation["Kernel-based Process Isolation"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class Kernel-basedProcessIsolation DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click Kernel-basedProcessIsolation href "../../../technique/d3f:Kernel-basedProcessIsolation"; Hardware-basedProcessIsolation["Hardware-based Process Isolation"] -->
| restricts | CreateProcess["Create Process"];
Hardware-basedProcessIsolation["Hardware-based Process Isolation"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class Hardware-basedProcessIsolation DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class CreateProcess ArtifactNode;
click Hardware-basedProcessIsolation href "../../../technique/d3f:Hardware-basedProcessIsolation"; FileEncryption["File Encryption"] -->
| encrypts | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
FileEncryption["File Encryption"] -.->
| may-harden | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class FileEncryption DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click FileEncryption href "../../../technique/d3f:FileEncryption"; Hardware-basedProcessIsolation["Hardware-based Process Isolation"] -->
| isolates | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
class Hardware-basedProcessIsolation DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click Hardware-basedProcessIsolation href "../../../technique/d3f:Hardware-basedProcessIsolation"; ExecutableAllowlisting["Executable Allowlisting"] -->
| filters | CreateProcess["Create Process"];
ExecutableAllowlisting["Executable Allowlisting"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ExecutableAllowlisting DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class CreateProcess ArtifactNode;
click ExecutableAllowlisting href "../../../technique/d3f:ExecutableAllowlisting"; SystemCallFiltering["System Call Filtering"] -->
| isolates | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
SystemCallFiltering["System Call Filtering"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class SystemCallFiltering DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click SystemCallFiltering href "../../../technique/d3f:SystemCallFiltering"; SystemCallFiltering["System Call Filtering"] -->
| filters | CreateProcess["Create Process"];
class SystemCallFiltering DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class CreateProcess ArtifactNode;
click SystemCallFiltering href "../../../technique/d3f:SystemCallFiltering"; LocalFilePermissions["Local File Permissions"] -->
| restricts | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
LocalFilePermissions["Local File Permissions"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class LocalFilePermissions DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click LocalFilePermissions href "../../../technique/d3f:LocalFilePermissions"; RestoreFile["Restore File"] -->
| restores | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
RestoreFile["Restore File"] -.->
| may-restore | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class RestoreFile DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click RestoreFile href "../../../technique/d3f:RestoreFile"; FileAnalysis["File Analysis"] -->
| analyzes | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
FileAnalysis["File Analysis"] -.->
| may-detect | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class FileAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click FileAnalysis href "../../../technique/d3f:FileAnalysis"; ContentFiltering["Content Filtering"] -->
| filters | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
ContentFiltering["Content Filtering"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ContentFiltering DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click ContentFiltering href "../../../technique/d3f:ContentFiltering"; ProcessLineageAnalysis["Process Lineage Analysis"] -->
| analyzes | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
ProcessLineageAnalysis["Process Lineage Analysis"] -.->
| may-detect | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ProcessLineageAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click ProcessLineageAnalysis href "../../../technique/d3f:ProcessLineageAnalysis"; ScheduledJobAnalysis["Scheduled Job Analysis"] -->
| analyzes | JobSchedule["Job Schedule"];
ScheduledJobAnalysis["Scheduled Job Analysis"] -.->
| may-detect | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class ScheduledJobAnalysis DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class JobSchedule ArtifactNode;
click ScheduledJobAnalysis href "../../../technique/d3f:ScheduledJobAnalysis"; SystemDaemonMonitoring["System Daemon Monitoring"] -->
| monitors | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
SystemDaemonMonitoring["System Daemon Monitoring"] -.->
| may-detect | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class SystemDaemonMonitoring DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click SystemDaemonMonitoring href "../../../technique/d3f:SystemDaemonMonitoring"; HostReboot["Host Reboot"] -->
| terminates | ScheduledJob["Scheduled Job"];
HostReboot["Host Reboot"] -.->
| may-evict | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class HostReboot DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class ScheduledJob ArtifactNode;
click HostReboot href "../../../technique/d3f:HostReboot"; RemoteFileAccessMediation["Remote File Access Mediation"] -->
| isolates | PropertyListFile["Property List File"];
RemoteFileAccessMediation["Remote File Access Mediation"] -.->
| may-isolate | T1053["Scheduled Task/Job"] ;
class RemoteFileAccessMediation DefensiveTechniqueNode;
class PropertyListFile ArtifactNode;
click RemoteFileAccessMediation href "../../../technique/d3f:RemoteFileAccessMediation";