T1489

Service Stop

Adversaries may stop or disable services on a system to render it unusable or to hinder detection/recovery.

ATT&CK / Impact

Defense strategies

  • Service monitoring
  • Restrict service control permissions
  • Redundancy planning

Detection methods

  • Monitor service state changes
  • Track net stop commands
  • Alert on critical service stops

T1489 on MITRE ATT&CK ↗