In the field of cybersecurity, enterprises are facing ever-changing cybersecurity threats that may compromise important data and disrupt business operations. To address these challenges, security professionals employ various strategies, one of which is threat hunting.
Definition of Threat Hunting
Threat hunting is a proactive cybersecurity strategy designed to identify and neutralize potential threats that may evade traditional security measures. Unlike traditional cybersecurity practices that rely on pre-established behavioral models, threat hunting involves proactively searching corporate networks for threat indicators.
Threat Hunting Uses the Concept of Active Defense to Defeat the Enemy in Advance
Although traditional cybersecurity measures are indispensable, they usually first detect network attacks and then respond and counterattack, which is a relatively passive process. Threat hunting proactively looks for signs of potential threats before they develop into a full-scale attack.
Threat hunting is also part of the "zero trust" security concept. That is, assuming that the network system environment has been invaded, enterprise organizations should proactively confirm the security status on a regular basis. Once a suspected intrusion is discovered, it can be immediately and effectively mitigated to prevent the spread and extension. becomes a bigger cybersecurity issue.
Threat hunting strategies require security professionals with rich practical experience, coupled with advanced tools and methods, to uncover threats hidden on endpoints.
Key Benefits to Threat Hunting
Data analysis
Threat hunting begins with in-depth analysis of large amounts of data generated by program behavior on corporate networks, including logs, network traffic, and other sources of helpful information.
During the actual hunting process, threat hunting experts use proprietary tools and use the tool's built-in behavioral analysis function to identify normal and abnormal activity patterns, which helps to discover possible deeper and latent cybersecurity threats.
Behavior analysis
Threat hunting experts use proprietary tools to identify normal and abnormal activity patterns with built-in behavioral analysis capabilities, which can help uncover potentially deeper, latent cybersecurity threats.
Threat intelligence
The tools used by threat hunting experts need to be based on the latest threat information that is most relevant to the enterprise in order to conduct accurate threat hunting and stay ahead of the ever-evolving security threats. This includes the latest attack techniques, attack context and other information.
The Importance of Threat Hunting to Enterprise Security
Reduce time difference
Threat hunting is by proactively finding and resolving threats. Enterprises can significantly reduce the time difference between "hacker invasion" and "actual losses caused by threats" and avoid operational losses.
Strengthen response to cybersecurity incidents
Threat hunting helps enterprises identify and block threats in the early stages of an intrusion, strengthens the enterprise's ability to respond to security incidents, and minimizes potential damage.
Effectively deal with the latest security threats
In an ever-changing cybersecurity environment, threat hunting enables enterprises to quickly respond to emerging cybersecurity threats that may not be detected by traditional cybersecurity measures and tools.
Conclusion
Threat hunting is a proactive approach to security enhancement. By proactively looking for potential threats, enterprises can strengthen their defenses and stay ahead of hackers. . And stay ahead of hackers.
TeamT5's threat hunting tool ThreatSonar has a unique "memory forensics'' technology that can identify the attacker's attack method of injecting malicious programs into legitimate programs by using the legal to disguise the illegal, and find the relay station of the malicious program. Block further threat intrusions.
ThreatSonar's leading threat hunting technology can identify and uncover the following potential threats to help enterprises strengthen their security resilience:
- Programs that have been executed and will be executed (Executed/Autorun programs threat hunting)
- Detect and identify malicious programs hidden in memory (Memory forensics)
- Hacktools for attackers
- Suspicious artifacts (records left on the host after the attack)
- Living Off The Land Binaries And Scripts (LOLBAS)
- Cyber hygiene
As the cybersecurity environment continues to change, it has become increasingly important to incorporate threat hunting into an enterprise's comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. It helps protect important business sensitive data, maintains the robustness of business operations, and establishes cybersecurity resilience.
>TeamT5 is an expert in cyber threat hunting. Our team members have more than 20 years of analysis experience in malware and advanced persistent threats (APT). Based on geographical and language advantages, we master hacker attacks in the Asia-Pacific region, and are often invited to participate in world-class cybersecurity conferences and publish research results.
>TeamT5 is an expert in cyber threat hunting. Our team members have more than 20 years of analysis experience in malware and advanced persistent threats (APT). Based on geographical and language advantages, we master hacker attacks in the Asia-Pacific region, and are often invited to participate in world-class cybersecurity conferences and publish research results.
The threat hunting tool we developed, ThreatSonar, has been adopted by many large enterprises, financial industries and managed security service providers (MSSPs).
If you are an enterprise, please contact us immediately and use the product demonstration demo to fully grasp the excellent defense benefits brought by threat hunting.If you are an MSSP, please contact us immediately to discuss how to create business opportunities to strengthen cybersecurity resilience for end customers.
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