{'created': '2017-05-31T21:30:34.928Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': 'Windows service configuration information, including the file '
                "path to the service's executable or recovery "
                'programs/commands, is stored in the Registry. Service '
                'configurations can be modified using utilities such as sc.exe '
                'and [Reg](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0075).\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries can modify an existing service to persist malware '
                'on a system by using system utilities or by using custom '
                'tools to interact with the Windows API. Use of existing '
                'services is a type of '
                '[Masquerading](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1036) '
                'that may make detection analysis more challenging. Modifying '
                'existing services may interrupt their functionality or may '
                'enable services that are disabled or otherwise not commonly '
                'used.\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may also intentionally corrupt or kill services '
                'to execute malicious recovery programs/commands. (Citation: '
                'Twitter Service Recovery Nov 2017) (Citation: Microsoft '
                'Service Recovery Feb 2013)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1031',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1031'},
                         {'external_id': 'CAPEC-551',
                          'source_name': 'capec',
                          'url': 'https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/551.html'},
                         {'description': 'The Cyber (@r0wdy_). (2017, November '
                                         '30). Service Recovery Parameters. '
                                         'Retrieved April 9, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'Twitter Service Recovery Nov 2017',
                          'url': 'https://twitter.com/r0wdy_/status/936365549553991680'},
                         {'description': 'Microsoft. (2013, February 22). Set '
                                         'up Recovery Actions to Take Place '
                                         'When a Service Fails. Retrieved '
                                         'April 9, 2018.',
                          'source_name': 'Microsoft Service Recovery Feb 2013',
                          'url': 'https://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc753662(v=ws.11)'},
                         {'description': 'Russinovich, M. (2016, January 4). '
                                         'Autoruns for Windows v13.51. '
                                         'Retrieved June 6, 2016.',
                          'source_name': 'TechNet Autoruns',
                          'url': 'https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--62dfd1ca-52d5-483c-a84b-d6e80bf94b7b',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'persistence'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:51.635Z',
 'name': 'Modify Existing Service',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': True,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Travis Smith, Tripwire',
                          'Matthew Demaske, Adaptforward'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': False,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['Windows'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}