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Identifies the execution of a suspicious Netsh Helper DLL. Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by Netsh Helper DLLs. Netsh.exe is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system. It supports the addition of custom DLLs to extend its functionality that attackers can weaponize.

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Identifies the execution of a suspicious Netsh Helper DLL. Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by Netsh Helper DLLs. Netsh.exe is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system. It supports the addition of custom DLLs to extend its functionality that attackers can weaponize.
@rabbitstack rabbitstack added the rules Anything related to detection rules label Apr 1, 2025
@rabbitstack rabbitstack merged commit 20f33d9 into master Apr 13, 2025
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@rabbitstack rabbitstack deleted the suspicious-netsh-helper-execution branch April 13, 2025 15:24
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