Suspicious Change Of Scheduled Tasks (via process_creation)

This rule detects when an adversary tries to modify an already existing scheduled tasks to run from an anomalous location Attackers can create a simple looking task to avoid detection on creation as it's frequently the most focused on Instead they modify the task after creation to include their hostile payload

SigmahighWindowsv1
Full detection rule

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Known false positives

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