Suspicious active setup registered

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003)
ATT&CK Technique	Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup (T1547.014)
Severity	Informational

Description

The endpoint registered a new active setup, which may be used to gain persistence on the host by loading libraries into the time management service.

Attacker's Goals

Gain persistence using the legitimate windows active setup mechanism, which executes binary on system startup.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the registered binary is malicious.
• Check if the installing software is a malicious binary.