Manipulation of netsh helper DLLs Registry keys

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	6 Hours
Required Data	XDR Agent
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003)
ATT&CK Technique	Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL (T1546.007)
Severity	Medium

Description

Registering netsh helper DLLs is uncommon, and could be used by malware for persistence.

Attacker's Goals

Command execution and persistence on the host.

Investigative actions

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.