WLAN Credential Leak

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the attempts to dump Wireless saved access keys in clear text using the Windows built-in utility Netsh. Once an attacker gains access to the entity, they can gather valuable information such as wifi passwords.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND ((COMMANDLINE contains "wlan" AND COMMANDLINE contains "key" AND COMMANDLINE contains "clear") AND (PROCESSNAME endswith "netsh.exe" OR ORIGINALFILENAME contains "netsh")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows