schtasks

MITRE ATT&CK: S0111 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: schtasks.exe, schtasks

Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:39:18

Context

schtasks is used to schedule execution of programs or scripts on a Windows system to run at a specific date and time.

Detection coverage

  • 31 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Scheduled Task (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Ps1.Schtasks (report)
  • github.com — Schtasks Backdoor.Ps1 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0111 (report)
  • Microsoft — Bb490996 (report)

External references