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[New] Remediate Windows Top Persistence Methods - #23

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3 workflows that can be executed from the default Elastic Defend SIEM rule as a custom action or scheduled to run every 15, correlate any Elastic defend prevention alert with the presence of a persistent object within 5 minutes of the alert :

Deletes persistent objects created from the top 3 abused persistence methods in Windows by malware :

  • startup folder
  • Run key
  • scheduled task

Elastic defend behavior protection only support kill process or process tree or quarantine PE files, which leaves some remediation steps to the analyst, those workflows should close this response gap.

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Samirbous added 5 commits July 6, 2026 17:59
3 workflows that can be from the default Elastic Defend rule or scheduled to run every 15, correlate any Elastic defend behavior alert with the presence of a persistent object:

- via startup folder
- via Run key
- via scheduled task

Elastic defend behavior protection only support kill process or process tree, which leaves some remediation steps to the analyst, those workflows should close this response gap.

Example of tests:
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