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MediumSigmaHQ Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Weak or Abused Passwords In CLI

Detects weak passwords or often abused passwords (seen used by threat actors) via the CLI. An example would be a threat actor creating a new user via the net command and providing the password inline

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Log source product: windows
Log source category: process_creation

Known benign triggers

Legitimate usage of the passwords by users via commandline (should be discouraged)
Other currently unknown false positives

References

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/espionage-asia-governments	Unclassified	2
thedfirreport.com/2022/09/26/bumblebee-round-two/	Threat report	7
www.huntress.com/blog/slashandgrab-screen-connect-post-exploitation-in-the-wild-cve-2024-1709-cve-2024-1708	Security research	7from 2 sources
www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/10/25/dev-0832-vice-society-opportunistic-ransomware-campaigns-impacting-us-education-sector/	Threat report	Only this detection cites it

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