Even the mightiest, most prestigious companies and enterprises are not exempt from the advanced threats of cyber attackers. In the ever-evolving cybersecurity threat landscape, an organization's security team like yours needs robust security measures for network security, endpoint security, threat detection, anomaly detection, data protection, security monitoring, application security and information security.

Consider the following scenario: you are asked by your leadership to find dedicated time for threat hunting activities within your network. After some time, access to the shiny new tool of choice is granted and you are super excited to get started. You log into the tool and are greeted with a lovely search bar; how do you proceed from here? The tool presenting the blank search bar is undoubtedly powerful and feature packed.

Today, we are going to look at using the Splunk Stream App to hunt for threats across your network. Sing along with us! 🎼 “Islands in the stream” of our data… (Part of our Threat Hunting with Splunk series, this article was originally written by John Stoner. We’ve updated it recently to maximize your value.)

A wise person once said that you should use the lookup command before you go threat hunting. Or, as I hear it in my head, “Look it up before you go-go…hunting”, a la WHAM!:   In this must-read tutorial for hunting in Splunk, we’re looking at the lookup command, including what it does and how and where to use it for threat hunting. Let’s get started! (This article is part of our Threat Hunting with Splunk series. We’ve updated it recently to maximize your value.)

In the fast-evolving digital landscape, the prevalence of cyber threats has become a stark reality for businesses and individuals alike. The conventional cybersecurity measures, while essential, are often reactive and inadequate against sophisticated attacks. This is where Threat Hunting emerges as a proactive and dynamic approach to cybersecurity. In this blog, we delve into the fascinating world of Threat Hunting and explore its significance in safeguarding against cyber adversaries.

If you’ve been following our series on the PEAK threat hunting framework, you might already know that the purpose of threat hunting isn’t just to find security incidents your automated detection systems missed. Finding incidents is more like a helpful side effect. The real reason to hunt is to drive improvement to your security posture over time.

As SOCs continue to grow and mature, it's vital that they establish effective and repeatable programs in proactive defense. This also means that threat hunting needs to become a critical function. Numerous advanced and sophisticated threats are able to get past more traditional cybersecurity defenses and SOCs need skilled Threat Hunters who are able to search, log, monitor, and remediate threats before they create a serious problem.

Cyber threat hunting is a proactive security strategy that involves searching for threats within a network before they can cause significant damage. Unlike traditional methods, which are reactive and wait for an alert before taking action, threat hunting seeks to actively identify and mitigate hidden threats that have evaded initial security measures. Threat hunting involves constant monitoring and data analysis to spot suspicious behavior that may indicate a cyber attack.

Baselines are an essential part of effective cybersecurity. They provide a snapshot of normal activity within your network, which enables you to easily identify abnormal or suspicious behavior. Baseline hunting is a proactive approach to threat detection that involves setting up a baseline of normal activity, monitoring that baseline for deviations, and investigating any suspicious activity.

If you have been reading our hunting series, you may have noticed that many threat hunting techniques center on network-centric data sources. Thus far, we have yet to speak about the big kahuna in our hunting tool chest. We are rectifying that right here, right now: we are going to talk about Microsoft Sysmon! In this article, we’re looking at using Sysmon to hunt for threats in endpoints.We’ll highlight some of the most valuable places to start hunting in your Windows logs.