MediumSigmaHQ Anish Bogati

Potential Persistence Via Netsh Helper DLL - Registry

Detects changes to the Netsh registry key to add a new DLL value. This change might be an indication of a potential persistence attempt by adding a malicious Netsh helper

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform: Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: windows
Log source category: registry_set

Known benign triggers

Legitimate helper added by different programs and the OS

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
pentestlab.blog/2019/10/29/persistence-netsh-helper-dll/	Unclassified	2
www.ired.team/offensive-security/persistence/t1128-netsh-helper-dll	Unclassified	2

Detection rules

Potential Persistence Via Netsh Helper DLL - Registry

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Known benign triggers

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

References

From the source

Licence

Authorship

Detection rules