Scheduled Task

All major operating systems provide utilities that enable the scheduling of programs to run at certain times. When adversaries can access this task-scheduling capability, they can use it to execute programs on a scheduled basis in order to maintain persistence or conduct their ultimate attack objectives. Adversaries can also use this capability to run programs under a specified account with elevated privileges in order to gain privilege escalation. As such, the Scheduled Task technique is useful to adversaries in many scenarios.

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What will I be able to accomplish after taking these courses?

• You will be able to identify and validate critical threats related to threat actor attempts to exfiltrate your organization’s valuable data and potentially attempt to extort your organization for financial gain.
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What are the prerequisites for these courses?

• Intermediate-level knowledge of defensive security is required. You should have some experience as a security engineer, SOC or security analyst, or similar role.
• Familiarity with using a SIEM tool, like Splunk or ELK is strongly recommended.
• Experience using command-line tools is required.
• Cybrary's MITRE ATT&CK Defender (MAD) ATT&CK Fundamentals Course is recommended.
• A basic understanding of offensive security is beneficial. Those who have taken our Offensive Penetration Testing course or our OWASP Top Ten series of courses will be well prepared in this area.

• Scheduled Task
• What is the Scheduled Task Technique?
• Hands-On Detection (Lab)