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Inside the mind of a cybersecurity threat hunter part 3: hunting for adversaries moving inside your network

Welcome back to our threat hunting series with Corelight and CrowdStrike. In our previous posts, we armed you with techniques to spot adversaries during Initial Access and how they establish Persistence to maintain their foothold. Now, we're diving into the shadowy dance of Defense Evasion and Lateral Movement.

Detecting CVE-2025-20393 exploitation: catching UAT-9686 on Cisco appliances

CVE-2025-20393 is a CVSS 10.0 Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw in Cisco Secure Email Gateways currently being actively exploited by China-nexus groups. A recent advisory from Cisco Talos details how an actor dubbed “UAT-9686” is leveraging this vulnerability to target Cisco Secure Email Gateways (ESA) and Secure Email and Web Managers (SMA). The attack allows threat actors to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges and deploy persistence mechanisms.

Episode 4 - Staying Curious: Lessons from 25 Years in Cybersecurity

In Episode 4 of Corelight Defenders, I sit down with Angela Loomis, Corelight's Director of Technical Account Management, to explore her remarkable 25-year journey in cybersecurity. Angela shares her unconventional entry into the field, starting from a background in television production to becoming a leader in security strategy. We delve into the importance of curiosity in cybersecurity, discussing how diverse experiences enrich the profession, and whether formal education might dampen that curiosity.

How to detect React2Shell attacks using network-based threat hunting

How do you find React2Shell vulnerabilities or detect React2Shell attacks in real environments? In this video, Corelight cloud security researcher David Burkett walks through how to threat hunt React2Shell by focusing on post-exploitation behavior at the network level. Instead of relying on exploit signatures, the approach uses application baselining and network traffic analysis to identify abnormal behavior.

How to React(.js) to React2Shell and detecting behaviors to catch the Next(.js) big RCE

Critical vulnerabilities in React Server Components (CVE-2025-55182) and Next.js (CVE-2025-66478) enable unauthenticated remote code execution in default configurations. The flaw resides in the "Flight" protocol used for server-side rendering, making it a sought after target for adversaries looking to bypass standard controls. While the public discourse is currently cluttered with unreliable exploits, we need to ground our defense in verifiable network evidence.

Episode 3 - Network Visibility in the Cloud: Why Network Traffic Analysis Remains Critical

Richard Bejtlich discusses cloud security from a network-centric perspective with Corelight's cloud security researcher, David Burkett. They explore why monitoring network traffic remains essential in cloud environments, despite the presence of native security features offered by cloud providers. David highlights common threats such as container compromises, coin miners, and supply chain attacks, emphasizing the value of traffic visibility for detecting unusual behaviors and breaches.