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Imported from mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills (skills/hunting-for-scheduled-task-persistence/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills --skill hunting-for-scheduled-task-persistence. Copyright stays with the author (Apache-2.0).

Hunting For Scheduled Task Persistence

Name: hunting-for-scheduled-task-persistence
Author: mukul975

When to Use

When proactively hunting for indicators of hunting for scheduled task persistence in the environment
After threat intelligence indicates active campaigns using these techniques
During incident response to scope compromise related to these techniques
When EDR or SIEM alerts trigger on related indicators
During periodic security assessments and purple team exercises

Prerequisites

EDR platform with process and network telemetry (CrowdStrike, MDE, SentinelOne)
SIEM with relevant log data ingested (Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel)
Sysmon deployed with comprehensive configuration
Windows Security Event Log forwarding enabled
Threat intelligence feeds for IOC correlation

Workflow

Formulate Hypothesis: Define a testable hypothesis based on threat intelligence or ATT&CK gap analysis.
Identify Data Sources: Determine which logs and telemetry are needed to validate or refute the hypothesis.
Execute Queries: Run detection queries against SIEM and EDR platforms to collect relevant events.
Analyze Results: Examine query results for anomalies, correlating across multiple data sources.
Validate Findings: Distinguish true positives from false positives through contextual analysis.
Correlate Activity: Link findings to broader attack chains and threat actor TTPs.
Document and Report: Record findings, update detection rules, and recommend response actions.

Key Concepts

Concept	Description
T1053.005	Scheduled Task
T1053.003	Cron
T1053.002	At

Tools & Systems

Tool	Purpose
CrowdStrike Falcon	EDR telemetry and threat detection
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Advanced hunting with KQL
Splunk Enterprise	SIEM log analysis with SPL queries
Elastic Security	Detection rules and investigation timeline
Sysmon	Detailed Windows event monitoring
Velociraptor	Endpoint artifact collection and hunting
Sigma Rules	Cross-platform detection rule format

Common Scenarios

Scenario 1: Cobalt Strike persistence via schtasks creating periodic beacon
Scenario 2: Ransomware scheduled task for re-execution after reboot
Scenario 3: APT encoded PowerShell task running every 30 minutes
Scenario 4: Insider task to periodically copy sensitive files

Output Format

Hunt ID: TH-HUNTIN-[DATE]-[SEQ]
Technique: T1053.005
Host: [Hostname]
User: [Account context]
Evidence: [Log entries, process trees, network data]
Risk Level: [Critical/High/Medium/Low]
Confidence: [High/Medium/Low]
Recommended Action: [Containment, investigation, monitoring]

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-hunting-for-sche-3bbdd4/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-hunting-for-sche-3bbdd4.ocm.jsonjson

{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-hunting-for-sche-3bbdd4",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "hunting-for-scheduled-task-persistence",
  "description": "Runs a hypothesis-driven threat hunt for Windows Scheduled Task persistence (T1053), guiding SIEM/EDR queries against task creation events (e.g. Event ID 4698), suspicious task actions, and unusual scheduling patterns. Use when hunting for scheduled-task persistence, after threat intel flags related campaigns, during incident response, or when alerts fire on schtasks/at.exe activity.",
  "publisher": "mukul975",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "general"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "threat-hunting",
      "mitre-attack",
      "scheduled-tasks",
      "persistence",
      "t1053",
      "proactive-detection",
      "skills-sh"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ]
  },
  "quality_prior": 0.6,
  "examples": [
    "Runs a hypothesis-driven threat hunt for Windows Scheduled Task persistence (T1053), guiding SIEM/EDR queries against task creation events (e.g. Event ID 4698), suspicious task actions, and unusual scheduling patterns. Use when hunting for scheduled-task persistence, after threat intel flags related campaigns, during incident response, or when alerts fire on schtasks/at.exe activity."
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "skills.sh",
      "repository": "https://github.com/mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills",
      "path": "skills/hunting-for-scheduled-task-persistence/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "url": "https://github.com/mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/hunting-for-scheduled-task-persistence/SKILL.md",
      "key": "mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/skills/hunting-for-scheduled-task-persistence/SKILL.md"
    },
    "license": "Apache-2.0"
  },
  "instructions": "# Hunting For Scheduled Task Persistence\n\n## When to Use\n\n- When proactively hunting for indicators of hunting for scheduled task persistence in the environment\n- After threat intelligence indicates active campaigns using these techniques\n- During incident response to scope compromise related to these techniques\n- When EDR or SIEM alerts trigger on related indicators\n- During periodic security assessments and purple team exercises\n\n## Prerequisites\n\n- EDR platform with process and network telemetry (CrowdStrike, MDE, SentinelOne)\n- SIEM with relevant log data ingested (Splunk, Elastic, Sentine",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 681
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/mukul975-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills-hunting-for-sche-3bbdd4/manifest?version=1.0.0

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