Cyber Threat Hunting

Cyber Threat Hunting is a crucial practice aimed at proactively identifying potential breaches, detecting sophisticated threats, and enhancing cybersecurity defenses. Our specialists employ a comprehensive and iterative approach, utilizing specially designed tools to carry out a series of manual and semi-automated searches for Indicators of Compromise (IOC) and Initial Vectors of Compromise (IVOC).

Cyber Threat Hunting

Cyber Threat Hunting is a crucial practice aimed at proactively identifying potential breaches, detecting sophisticated threats, and enhancing cybersecurity defenses. Our specialists employ a comprehensive and iterative approach, utilizing specially designed tools to carry out a series of manual and semi-automated searches for Indicators of Compromise (IOC) and Initial Vectors of Compromise (IVOC).

Cyber Threat Hunting - actively scrutinizing potential vulnerabilities and threats

Our Cyber Resilience Specialists employ the most recent data analytics algorithms, which are based on the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) that known attackers use. They utilize Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Behavioral Forensic Artifacts, and Threat Intelligence to detect ongoing or zero-day cyberattacks, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), and leverage the latest Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) to assess the likelihood of an enterprise compromise.

Our approach enhances multiple sources of threat intelligence, as well as your internal network traffic and endpoints. It also incorporates forensic artifact techniques for threats that have previously gone undetected. Our methodology is based on a stochastic probability of confirming a compromise. We examine both false positives and negatives to ensure accuracy during IOC identification, whether the hunt involves network forensics or endpoint examination. We also use pattern matching to identify compromises and weak areas within the environment. Your security is our priority.

Endpoint Threat Hunting

Our approach is a specially designed methodology aimed at determining whether your company’s security and confidentiality have been compromised. We examine forensic artifacts on volumes, memory, and volatile data. This process is conducted to assess the likelihood of potential incidents and to integrate with existing advanced persistent threat detection solutions to capture snapshots of endpoint compromises. Our team verifies the visibility of potential compromise indicators and threats, searches other endpoints for the same threat actor’s lateral movement, and resolves the issue by utilizing an Endpoint Security cleanup methodology. Your security is our utmost priority.

Network Threat Hunting

Our network threat hunting endeavors involve meticulous scrutiny of network activities encompassing packet captures, network flow, IDS/IPS alerts, and device logs. We delve into indicators of compromise in tandem with dissecting network streams, enabling comprehensive session reconstruction and examination. It's crucial not to overlook potential threat vectors where subtle, enduring damage might lurk. Our adept analysts meticulously scrutinize your network for anomalies, protocols, and contextual captures.

A comprehensive volumetric statistical analysis zeroes in on four pivotal network facets: scrutinizing suspicious sessions based on obfuscation and encryption techniques vis-à-vis data entropy, evaluating the number and initiation of outbound network connections (e.g., TCP SYN), assessing connection duration and data exchanged, and analyzing connection frequency and session sequences (e.g., UDP exploitation followed by TCP SYN reverse shell).

Threat Intelligence & Dark Web Examination

Our advanced Threat Intelligence protocol empowers your organization to swiftly identify both ongoing and historical cyber threats. Our team of Cyber Resiliency analysts immerses themselves in your company's environment, adeptly filtering through a myriad of events to pinpoint those warranting closer scrutiny. By optimizing Threat Intelligence amidst the daily deluge of data, we significantly enhance overall effectiveness, enabling your SOC team to prioritize critical tasks and respond swiftly to genuine malicious incidents.

Our comprehensive Threat Intelligence framework ensures a thorough evaluation of your business's security posture, swiftly detecting vulnerabilities, minimizing damage, and resolving issues promptly. Additionally, we conduct thorough reviews of the Deep Dark Web, where sensitive company data may be at risk of exposure.

Developing Our Threat Hunting Framework

Strategizing Target Selection and Tactical Approaches :

We meticulously define and prioritize our Threat Hunting missions across Network, Endpoint, and External targets. Our focus lies in aligning these missions with internal team procedures, tactics, techniques, and policies to ensure comprehensive coverage.

Establishing Operational Procedures:

We craft operational procedures that guide the interrogation, collection, and response processes for our targets. This involves preparing initial vectors and conditions of digital artifacts for Threat Hunting, drawing from both known and behavioral intelligence such as IOCs.

Interrogation & Collection Techniques:

Our approach to Threat Hunting involves both offensive automated and manual methods. We adapt to the evolving threat landscape, constantly seeking out relevant forensic artifacts. We address systemic organized risk, considering multi-staged vulnerabilities based on correlated Risk Scores, Threat Intelligence, and Assessments.

Ensuring Post-Breach Clean-Up:

Following any breach, we conduct recurring Threat Hunting exercises to identify and review additional malware, symptoms, and IOCs. This ensures thorough assurance post-breach clean-up.

Enhanced Detection Capabilities:

Our goal is to uncover IOCs, malicious patterns, symptoms, and adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). We converge and correlate proprietary, open-source, and third-party intelligence with our own TTPs. Additionally, we leverage Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Analytics through deployed tools for heightened detection capabilities.

Client Enablement:

We go beyond mere detection by correlating the context of TTPs from attacks and attack campaigns. This allows us to uncover linked data and enrich intelligence, strengthening our hunting loop via content process advisory. Ultimately, we provide our clients with meaningful insight and visibility into defensive cyber maturity detection and response.

  • ISO/IEC 27035:2011: Information Security Incident Management

  • SANS: Creating and Managing an Incident Response Team

  • RFC 2350: Expectations for Computer Security Incident Response

  • CERT: Handbook for Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTS)

  • NIST 800-61: Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

  • ENISA: CSIRT Setting up Guide

  • ENISA: Good Practice Guide for Incident Management

  • ISACA: Incident Management and Response

Our Methodology Incorporates The Following Industry Standards

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