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Stealthy KongTuke C2 Discovered via Multi-Domain Threat Hunting

Unspecified adversaries are using a Traffic Direction System (TDS) redirect for initial access, followed by encoded PowerShell execution to download payloads like `script.ps1` into the `ApplicationData` directory, and establishing command-and-control (C2) communication via `curl.exe` to suspicious IP addresses such as `144.31.221.82` with defense evasion techniques like post-execution cleanup, designed to operate below traditional detection thresholds.

command-and-control defense-evasion execution powershell lolbins threat-hunting
3r 8t 2i
high advisory

O365 BEC Email Hiding Rule Creation

This analytic detects the creation of suspicious mailbox rules in Office 365, a common technique used in Business Email Compromise (BEC) to hide emails by identifying rules with short or nonsensical names, marking emails as read, or moving them to specific folders.

Office 365 +4 bec o365 email mailboxrule splunk threat-hunting
2r 1t
low advisory

SOC Analyst Toolkit with Threat Hunting Queries

A free, offline SOC toolkit aimed at Tier 1 analysts includes IR checklists, triage playbooks, and threat hunting guides mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, with Splunk and Elastic queries for threats such as Kerberoasting, Pass-the-Hash, LOLBAS, scheduled task persistence, and C2 on non-standard ports.

soc blueteam threat-hunting
2r 1t 2i
medium advisory

Impact of Poor Security Operation Center (SOC) Metrics

Poorly chosen performance metrics can significantly impair a SOC's ability to detect and respond to threats, leading to ineffective security operations and potential compromise.

SharePoint soc metrics threat-hunting detection
2r 2t