T1053.003 Cron in real malware

ATT&CK technique T1053.003 Cron appears in 1 publicly analyzed sample on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, 0.0% of the analyzed corpus. Seven-day prevalence is rising (1 recent vs 0 prior).

Tactics: execution, persistence, privilege-escalation

Prevalence in the corpus

• Samples exhibiting T1053.003: 1
• Share of analyzed corpus: 0.0%
• Last 7 days: 1 · prior 7 days: 0 (rising)

Example samples

• f0aa83bbbd2c75e2f71ec16029ee5fcfad59f3a8efa30a500b815f0f6c18d987.bin - malicious

Canonical technique definition: MITRE ATT&CK T1053.003 (ATT&CK v19.1, CC BY 4.0).

Frequently asked about T1053.003

How common is ATT&CK T1053.003 (Cron) in real malware?

ATT&CK technique T1053.003 Cron appears in 1 publicly analyzed sample on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, 0.0% of the analyzed corpus. Seven-day prevalence is rising (1 recent vs 0 prior).

Is T1053.003 becoming more common?

Prevalence is rising: 1 sample in the last seven days against 0 in the seven days before. This measures submissions to MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, so it reflects what is being submitted here rather than global attacker behaviour.

What share of analyzed samples use T1053.003?

0.0% of the publicly analyzed corpus (1 of 100981 samples) exhibits T1053.003. Technique attribution comes from behavior captured during real sandbox detonation and from static analysis, not from a vendor label.

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