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Manipulation of netsh helper DLLs Registry keys

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

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Persistence (TA0003)
ATT&CK techniques: Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL (T1546.007)
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.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
6 Hours