Threat Hunting
Proactive, hypothesis-driven hunting for adversaries that have evaded your automated defenses — MITRE ATT&CK aligned across endpoint, network, cloud, and identity.
Hypothesis · Analysis · Assessment
Three hunt modalities covering proactive hunting, behavioral analysis, and compromise assessments.
Hypothesis-Driven Threat Hunting
We form intelligence-led hypotheses based on threat actor TTPs, MITRE ATT&CK techniques relevant to your sector, and active threat reports — then systematically hunt your telemetry to validate or disprove each hypothesis.
- Campaign-specific hunts aligned to active threat actors
- Insider threat and lateral movement detection
- Persistence mechanism and scheduled task discovery
- MITRE ATT&CK TTP coverage mapping per hunt
Behavioral & Statistical Analysis
Using endpoint telemetry, network flow, and log analytics to find anomalies that indicate compromise — beaconing patterns, rare process executions, unusual auth sequences, and protocol deviations that automated tools miss.
- Long-tail frequency analysis and baseline deviation
- Beaconing and C2 communication pattern detection
- User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA)
- Protocol anomaly and DNS tunneling detection
IOC Sweeps & Compromise Assessment
A comprehensive sweep of your environment to answer the critical question: are you currently compromised? We run IOC sweeps, endpoint forensic scans, and network traffic analysis to detect active intrusions and dormant implants.
- Endpoint forensic scan across entire fleet
- Network traffic analysis for C2 and exfiltration
- IOC sweep against threat intelligence feeds
- Detailed compromise assessment report with remediation
Alerts Miss 70% of What Attackers Do
Automated SIEM alerts detect known-bad patterns. APT groups and sophisticated attackers specifically design their operations to avoid those patterns — using legitimate system tools, blending into normal traffic, and operating below detection thresholds.
Threat hunting systematically searches for behaviors that are not inherently malicious but are statistically abnormal, or that match documented attacker tradecraft from MITRE ATT&CK and threat intelligence feeds.
21-Day Dwell Time Reduction
Threat hunting systematically reduces attacker dwell time by finding active intrusions weeks before automated tools detect them.
30% ATT&CK Coverage Gap
Most SOC alert libraries cover fewer than 30% of techniques. Hunting extends coverage across the remaining 70%.
2-3x More Compromises Found
Experienced hunters typically find 2-3 unreported compromises per automated detection in the same environment.
Permanent Detection Uplift
Every hunt finding converts into a permanent detection rule — each engagement increases your long-term detection coverage.
5-Phase Threat Hunting Methodology
From hypothesis generation through active hunting, findings analysis, and detection engineering output.
Threat Intelligence & Hypothesis Generation
Analyzing current threat reports, ISAC feeds, and MITRE ATT&CK for techniques relevant to your industry vertical. Formulating prioritized hunt hypotheses ranked by likelihood and potential impact.
Data Source Mapping & Collection
Mapping required data sources against hypotheses — EDR telemetry, network flow, DNS logs, authentication logs, cloud audit trails. Ensuring sufficient logging fidelity before beginning active hunts.
Active Hunt Execution
Executing structured hunts across your environment using SIEM queries, EDR hunting queries, and notebook-based analytics. Each hunt is documented with hypothesis, methodology, evidence examined, and findings.
Findings Analysis & Escalation
Analyzing detected anomalies to determine true positive vs. benign. Escalating confirmed or suspected compromises with full forensic context. Documenting false positives to improve future detection logic.
Report & Detection Coverage Improvement
Delivering a threat hunting report covering scope, hypotheses tested, findings, and detection gaps. Converting confirmed hunt findings into permanent SIEM rules to prevent future recurrence of identified TTPs.
Endpoint to Cloud Threat Hunting
Structured hunt coverage across every attack surface — endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and compromise assessments.
Endpoint Threat Hunting
EDR-based hunting across Windows, macOS, and Linux — process injection, credential dumping, registry persistence, service installation using CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, or any EDR.
Network Threat Hunting
Hunt across network flow, packet captures, and proxy logs for C2 beaconing, DNS tunneling, lateral movement via SMB/WMI/RDP, and exfiltration patterns invisible to perimeter firewalls.
Cloud Threat Hunting
Hunting across AWS CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, and GCP Audit Logs for cloud-specific TTPs — IAM privilege escalation, S3 exfiltration, resource abuse for cryptomining.
Identity & Authentication Hunting
Hunting for credential-based attacks — password spraying, Kerberoasting, pass-the-hash, impossible travel patterns, and OAuth token abuse across AD and cloud identity providers.
Compromise Assessment
Point-in-time sweep using proprietary IOC databases, threat actor tool signatures, and behavioral indicators. Answers: are we currently compromised by an active or dormant attacker?
Hunt Program Development
Building hunt libraries, MITRE ATT&CK coverage dashboards, data source requirements documentation, and analyst training programs for organizations building internal hunt teams.
Hunt Engagements That Leave Lasting Value
Every engagement produces permanent detection improvements — not just a one-time report.
MITRE ATT&CK Aligned
Every hunt maps to specific ATT&CK techniques. You receive a coverage heatmap showing which attacker techniques your environment can now detect.
IOC & TTP Coverage
We hunt against current threat intelligence — active campaign IOCs, known tool signatures (Cobalt Strike, Sliver), and TTPs targeting your industry.
Detection Engineering Output
Every confirmed TTP becomes a permanent SIEM rule or EDR detection in your environment — increasing detection coverage permanently.
Zero Tool Lock-In
We hunt in your environment using your existing SIEM, EDR, and log sources. Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne — your stack, our expertise.
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Find Attackers Before They Find You
Proactive threat hunting is the highest-ROI investment in your detection program. Contact us to scope a hunt engagement for your environment.
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