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medium advisory

Detection of Unauthorized Certificate Export via PowerShell

Adversaries may use the PowerShell cmdlet Export-PfxCertificate to exfiltrate authentication certificates from the Windows Certificate Store, enabling identity impersonation and data decryption.

Windows credential-access powershell certificate-theft
1r 2t
medium advisory

Abuse of PowerShell Export-Certificate for Credential Theft

Adversaries abuse the PowerShell Export-Certificate cmdlet to exfiltrate authentication certificates from the Windows Certificate Store for use in credential theft and man-in-the-middle attacks.

credential-access windows powershell certificate-theft
1r 1t
medium advisory

Detection of Authentication Certificate Extraction via Windows CryptoAPI

This detection identifies the illicit extraction of authentication certificates by monitoring Windows CAPI2 logs for EventID 70, a technique commonly utilized by attackers to perform credential theft and user impersonation.

Windows credential-access cpi2 certificate-theft
1r 1t
medium advisory

Detection of Unauthorized PowerShell Certificate Export

Adversaries may leverage the PowerShell cmdlet 'Export-Certificate' to exfiltrate cryptographic material from the Windows Certificate Store, enabling impersonation and decryption of sensitive data.

Windows credential-access power-shell certificate-theft
1r 2t
medium advisory

Detection of Mimikatz Crypto Module Certificate and Key Export

This detection identifies the creation of specific file extensions indicative of the Mimikatz 'crypto' module, which is used to export cryptographic keys and certificates during credential theft activities.

credential-access mimikatz certificate-theft endpoint-security
1r 2t
high advisory

Detection of Authentication Certificate Theft or Forgery

This correlation identifies anomalous activity targeting Windows Certificate Services by aggregating multiple risk-based detections on a single system, signaling potential adversary efforts to forge or steal authentication certificates.

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