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  • Possible use of a networking driver for network sniffing Informational 2 variations

    A process wrote a known networking driver with network sniffing capabilities to disk, attackers can use it to sniff passwords and other credentials from the network.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006) Discovery (TA0007)
    ATT&CK techniques: Network Sniffing (T1040)
    Required data: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Attacker's goals: Enable access to raw network traffic via promiscuous mode, allowing an attacker to sniff credentials and other sensitive data from the organization's network, and in some cases interfere with network communications.
    Investigative actions: Verify whether the process is expected and recognized by IT or the user. Check whether the driver was installed recently. If it was installed using sc.exe, this may indicate malicious activity. Review who executed sc.exe to validate legitimacy.

    Variations

    Possible use of a networking driver for network sniffing

    Medium overridden

    A process wrote a known and rare networking driver with network sniffing capabilities to not standard location for drivers on the disk, attackers can use it to sniff passwords and other credentials from the network. overridden

    Possible use of a networking driver for network sniffing

    Low overridden

    A process wrote a known networking driver with network sniffing capabilities to not standard location for drivers on the disk, attackers can use it to sniff passwords and other credentials from the network. overridden