System Services: Service Execution

ID Name
ATAGS-T1064.001 Launchctl
ATAGS-T1064.002 Service Execution
ATAGS-T1064.003 Systemctl

Threat actors 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. The service control manager is accessible to users via GUI components as well as system utilities such as sc.exe and Net.

ID: ATAGS-T1064.002
Sub-technique of:  ATAGS-T1064
Tactic: Execution
Targeted Components: Software
Responsibility: Provider
Created: 18 April 2026
Last Modified: 18 April 2026

Mitigations

This type of attack technique cannot be easily mitigated with preventive controls since it is based on the abuse of system features.