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T1569.002 · Service Execution

🎯 Execution Windows Sub-technique

Sub-technique of T1569 · System Services.

Adversaries may abuse the Windows service control manager to execute malicious commands or payloads. The Windows service control manager (services.exe) is an interface to manage and manipulate services.(Citation: Microsoft Service Control Manager) The service control manager is accessib...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Service Execution starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.

Related techniques

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