Splunk Threat Research Team's Blog Posts

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.

The Lost Payload: MSIX Resurrection

Threat actors weaponize MSIX for malware delivery – learn about MSIX attacks, distribution, and how Splunk's MSIXBuilder helps security teams test detection safely.

Security

2 Minute Read

Splunk Security Content for Threat Detection & Response: September Recap

Splunk's September ESCU update: New security content & analytics for robust threat detection. Covers Cisco ASA, ArcaneDoor, diverse malware, and Office365 Copilot activity.

From Prompt to Payload: LAMEHUG’s LLM-Driven Cyber Intrusion

Security

10 Minute Read

From Prompt to Payload: LAMEHUG’s LLM-Driven Cyber Intrusion

The Splunk Threat Research Team analyzes the LAMEHUG malware, examining its tactics and techniques to provide insights that can help SOC analysts and blue teamers identify and respond.