win:security 4698
A scheduled task was created.
- Log source
- Windows Security event log
- Host type
- Windows (workstation, member server, domain controller)
- How to enable
- Advanced Audit Policy: Object Access > Audit Other Object Access Events
- Audit category
- Object Access
- Audit subcategory
- Audit Other Object Access Events
- Tier, host type
- Minimum
- Techniques
- 7
- Rules depending on it
- Splunk 11, Sigma 6, Microsoft Sentinel 1
Why this tier
DISA STIG (server); DISA STIG (workstation); Microsoft audit baseline (dc); Microsoft audit baseline (server); Microsoft audit baseline (workstation)
By role
| Role | Tier | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Windows workstation | Minimum | DISA STIG (workstation); Microsoft audit baseline (workstation) |
| Windows member server | Minimum | DISA STIG (server); Microsoft audit baseline (server) |
| Windows domain controller | Minimum | DISA STIG (server); Microsoft audit baseline (dc); Microsoft audit baseline (server) |
| Windows web server (IIS), internet-facing | Minimum | DISA STIG (server); Microsoft audit baseline (server) |
Techniques it helps detect
Rules that depend on it
Splunk 11
- Randomly Generated Scheduled Task Name
- Schedule Task with HTTP Command Arguments
- Schedule Task with Rundll32 Command Trigger
- Short Lived Scheduled Task
- WinEvent Scheduled Task Created Within Public Path
- WinEvent Scheduled Task Created to Spawn Shell
- Windows Hidden Schedule Task Settings
- Windows Level RMM Watchdog Task Created
- Windows Scheduled Task with Suspicious Command
- Windows Scheduled Task with Suspicious Name
- Windows Scheduled Tasks for CompMgmtLauncher or Eventvwr
Sigma 6
- Diamond Sleet APT Scheduled Task Creation by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
- HackTool - Defendnot Default Scheduled Task Activity by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
- Kapeka Backdoor Scheduled Task Creation by Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel
- OilRig APT Schedule Task Persistence - Security by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems), Markus Neis, Jonhnathan Ribeiro, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
- Scheduled Tasks Names Used By SVR For GraphicalProton Backdoor by CISA
- Suspicious Scheduled Task Creation by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Microsoft Sentinel 1
Standards and guidance naming it
| Requirement | Relation | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| OMB M-26-14: Attack vectors and lateral movementAppendix B item 5(10) | Supports an activity | our analysis: remote scheduled task creation |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows 11 V2R11 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | WN11-AU-000083 (workstation): Audit Other Object Access Events Success |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows 11 V2R11 (2026-10-05) | Names this event | WN11-AU-000084 (workstation): Audit Other Object Access Events Failure |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2022 V2R11 | Names this event | WN22-AU-000220 (server): Audit Other Object Access Events Success |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2022 V2R11 | Names this event | WN22-AU-000230 (server): Audit Other Object Access Events Failure |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows 10 V3R6 (2026-01-23) | Names this event | WN10-AU-000083 (workstation): Audit Other Object Access Events Success |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows 10 V3R6 (2026-01-23) | Names this event | WN10-AU-000084 (workstation): Audit Other Object Access Events Failure |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2019 V3R9 (2026-07-10) | Names this event | WN19-AU-000220 (server): Audit Other Object Access Events Success |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2019 V3R9 (2026-07-10) | Names this event | WN19-AU-000230 (server): Audit Other Object Access Events Failure |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2025 V1R1 (2026-02-27) | Names this event | WN25-AU-000220 (server): Audit Other Object Access Events Success |
| DISA STIG: Advanced audit policy requirementsMicrosoft Windows Server 2025 V1R1 (2026-02-27) | Names this event | WN25-AU-000230 (server): Audit Other Object Access Events Failure |
| Microsoft: Events to monitor with potential criticalityAppendix L: Events to Monitor (Windows Server AD DS best practices) | Names this event | potential criticality Low: A scheduled task was created. |
EDR events that stand in for it
Full: the sensor event carries what this event carries. Partial: the sensor reports a subset, so it does not replace the event.
| Product | Sensor event | Fidelity | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| CrowdStrike Falcon sensor telemetry (FDR event_simpleName) | ScheduledTaskRegistered | Partial | our analysis: ScheduledTaskRegistered in the FDR feed; task XML not reproduced |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint device tables | DeviceEvents | Partial | our analysis: ScheduledTaskCreated ActionType in DeviceEvents |