AI Agent Threat Matrix
Matrix/Persistence/T-6005
T-6005observed

Scheduled Task Injection

Inject malicious scheduled tasks or heartbeat handlers for persistent execution

Tactic

Persistence (Stage 6)

Establish persistent access surviving restarts and session changes

Attack Class

HEARTBEAT-RCE

Exploiting scheduled task or heartbeat mechanisms to achieve persistent code execution

Evidence

observed

Confirmed in real-world production systems or internet-wide exposure assessments.

DVAA Validation

heartbeat injection

Detection (HackMyAgent)

HEARTBEAT-001HEARTBEAT-002HEARTBEAT-003HEARTBEAT-004HEARTBEAT-005HEARTBEAT-006HEARTBEAT-007
npx hackmyagent secure --ci

Defense (OASB Controls)

OASB 8.1OASB 8.2OASB 8.3OASB 8.4

How to Cite

AI Agent Threat Matrix T-6005 (Scheduled Task Injection). OpenA2A, 2026. https://threats.opena2a.org/techniques/T-6005
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