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frack113 020fc8061f Merge PR #4479 From @frack113 - Upgrade Rules Status
chore: Upgrade status level from `experimental` to `test` for rules that have not changed in 300 days

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title: Remove Scheduled Cron Task/Job
id: c2e234de-03a3-41e1-b39a-1e56dc17ba67
status: test
description: |
Detects usage of the 'crontab' utility to remove the current crontab.
This is a common occurrence where cryptocurrency miners compete against each other by removing traces of other miners to hijack the maximum amount of resources possible
references:
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/i/how-malicious-actors-abuse-native-linux-tools-in-their-attacks.html
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022/09/15
tags:
- attack.defense_evasion
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: linux
detection:
selection:
Image|endswith: 'crontab'
CommandLine|contains: ' -r'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium