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ATT&CK technique

T1053.003

Cron

ExecutionPersistencePrivilege Escalation 30 detections found
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Detection rules

Source Rule Status Updated
elastic Executable Bit Set for Potential Persistence Script production 2026-09-18
elastic Cron Job Created or Modified production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Execution from Foomatic-rip or Cupsd Parent production 2026-09-18
elastic Pod or Container Creation with Suspicious Command-Line production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Redis CONFIG SET Cron Directory Persistence (RedisRaider) production 2026-09-18
elastic Modification of Persistence Relevant Files Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Echo or Printf Execution Detected via Defend for Containers production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Persistence via File Modification production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious Network Activity to the Internet by Previously Unknown Executable production 2026-09-18
elastic Privilege Escalation via Root Crontab File Modification production 2026-09-18
elastic Potential Persistence via Periodic Tasks production 2026-09-18
elastic Suspicious CronTab Creation or Modification production 2026-09-18
splunk Linux Crontab Enumeration production 2026-09-03
splunk Linux Possible Append Cronjob Entry on Existing Cronjob File production 2026-05-13
splunk Cisco Isovalent - Cron Job Creation production 2026-05-13
splunk Linux Add Files In Known Crontab Directories production 2026-05-13
splunk Linux At Allow Config File Creation production 2026-05-13
splunk Linux Auditd Edit Cron Table Parameter production 2026-05-13
splunk Linux Auditd Possible Append Cronjob Entry On Existing Cronjob File production 2026-05-13
splunk Linux Edit Cron Table Parameter production 2026-05-13
splunk Linux Possible Cronjob Modification With Editor production 2026-05-13
splunk Cisco Secure Firewall - Wget or Curl Download production 2026-05-13
sigma New Cron File Created experimental 2026-04-28
elastic Deprecated - Suspicious File Creation in /etc for Persistence deprecated 2025-06-26
sigma Triple Cross eBPF Rootkit Default Persistence test 2022-12-31
sigma Azure Kubernetes CronJob test 2022-12-18
sigma Scheduled Cron Task/Job - Linux test 2022-11-27
sigma Scheduled Cron Task/Job - MacOs test 2022-11-27
sigma Modifying Crontab test 2022-04-16
elastic Potential Persistence via Cron Job deprecated 2021-04-15