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Splunk Threat Research Team

 

The Splunk Threat Research Team is an active part of a customer’s overall defense strategy by enhancing Splunk security offerings with verified research and security content such as use cases, detection searches, and playbooks. We help security teams around the globe strengthen operations by providing tactical guidance and insights to detect, investigate and respond against the latest threats. The Splunk Threat Research Team focuses on understanding how threats, actors, and vulnerabilities work, and the team replicates attacks which are stored as datasets in the Attack Data repository. 

Our goal is to provide security teams with research they can leverage in their day to day operations and to become the industry standard for SIEM detections. We are a team of industry-recognized experts who are encouraged to improve the security industry by sharing our work with the community via conference talks, open-sourcing projects, and writing white papers or blogs. You will also find us presenting our research at conferences such as Defcon, Blackhat, RSA, and many more.


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Splunk Security Content for Threat Detection & Response: August 2025 Update
Learn about the latest security content from Splunk.
Security 13 Min Read

Picture Paints a Thousand Codes: Dissecting Image-Based Steganography in a .NET (Quasar) RAT Loader
Uncover how to identify malicious executable loaders that use steganography to deliver payloads such as Quasar RAT.
Security 11 Min Read

Detecting Suspicious ESXi Activity Before Ransomware Happens
Learn to detect suspicious activity using Splunk, including log ingestion, common indicators, and comprehensive detection strategies for VMware ESXi environments.
Security 2 Min Read

Splunk Security Content for Threat Detection & Response: July Recap
Learn about the latest security content from Splunk.
Security 12 Min Read

Beyond the Patch: SharePoint Exploits and the Hidden Threat of IIS Module Persistence
The cybersecurity landscape witnessed a perfect storm in July 2025 when multiple critical SharePoint vulnerabilities collided with sophisticated IIS module-based persistence techniques, creating a nightmare scenario for enterprise defenders.
Security 10 Min Read

CitrixBleed 2: When Memory Leaks Become Session Hijacks
Discover how to detect, mitigate, and respond to CitrixBleed 2 (CVE-2025-5777), a critical Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway vulnerability exploited in the wild.
Security 20 Min Read

Unlocking Endpoint Network Security Insights with Cisco Network Visibility Module (NVM) and Splunk
Unlock deep endpoint network security insights by integrating Cisco NVM with Splunk.
Security 13 Min Read

Beyond The Click: Unveiling Fake CAPTCHA Campaigns
Learn how clipboard hijacking delivers malware and explore tools like ClickGrab & PasteEater for robust defense strategies.
Security 2 Min Read

Splunk Security Content for Threat Detection & Response: June Recap
Learn about the latest security content from Splunk.
Security 16 Min Read

When Installers Turn Evil: The Pascal Script Behind Inno Setup Malware Campaign
Uncover the Inno Setup malware campaign leveraging Pascal scripting to deliver RedLine Stealer.
Security 13 Min Read

XWorm's Shape-Shifting Arsenal: Loader and Stager Variants in the Wild
Explore XWorm's shape-shifting tactics, evolution, and persistence, and how Splunk helps detect this RAT.
Security 3 Min Read

Introducing Splunk Attack Range v4.0
Splunk Attack Range v4.0 empowers security teams to build detections & emulate adversaries.
Security 1 Min Read

Splunk Security Content for Threat Detection & Response: May Recap
There are 13 new analytics and 4 new analytic stories now available in Splunk Enterprise Security via the ESCU application update process.
Security 14 Min Read

Securing the Network Edge: Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Detections for Splunk
Enhance your network security with Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and Splunk using out-of-the-box detections developed by Splunk's Threat Research Team.
Security 8 Min Read

Breaking Down Termite Ransomware: Infection Methods and Detections
Deep dive into Termite ransomware: Discover its infection methods, targeted vulnerabilities (like Cleo's CVE-2024-50623), and Splunk security detections.
Security 10 Min Read

Cloak and Firewall: Exposing Netsh’s Hidden Command Tricks
Learn about hidden Netsh command tricks, detection methods, and Splunk security detections to protect your Windows systems.
Security 16 Min Read

Sinister SQL Queries and How to Catch Them
Discover comprehensive strategies for detecting and mitigating SQL Server attacks.
Security 20 Min Read

Infostealer Campaign against ISPs
The Splunk Threat Research Team observed actors performing minimal intrusive operations to avoid detection, with the exception of artifacts created by accounts already compromised.
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