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Security Content from the Splunk Threat Research Team
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Security Content from the Splunk Threat Research Team

The blog explains how STRT develops Splunk Security Content, aiding detection engineering and threat research teams to efficiently detect and respond to potential threats, using ESCU App amidst growing security incidents and system complexity.
Hypothesis-Driven Hunting with the PEAK Framework
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Hypothesis-Driven Hunting with the PEAK Framework

Details on hypothesis-driven threat hunting with the PEAK framework.
Planning for Success with Risk-Based Alerting
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Planning for Success with Risk-Based Alerting

In our last RBA blog post, we talked about some of the problems RBA can help solve. In this post, we explain the methodology we use with Splunk customers as their security teams start working with RBA.
Machine Learning in Security: Detect Suspicious TXT Records Using Deep Learning
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Machine Learning in Security: Detect Suspicious TXT Records Using Deep Learning

The Splunk Machine Learning for Security (SMLS) team introduces a new detection to detect DNS Tunneling using DNS TXT payloads.
7 questions all CxOs should ask to increase cyber resilience before buying more software
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7 questions all CxOs should ask to increase cyber resilience before buying more software

Here are 7 questions you should always ask to help your organisation to make the best possible purchase and increase its cyber resilience at the same time.
Paws in the Pickle Jar: Risk & Vulnerability in the Model-sharing Ecosystem
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Paws in the Pickle Jar: Risk & Vulnerability in the Model-sharing Ecosystem

As AI / Machine Learning (ML) systems now support millions of daily users, has our understanding of the relevant security risks kept pace with this wild rate of adoption?
Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading April 2023
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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading April 2023

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Splunk staff picks blog. Each month, Splunk security experts curate a list of presentations, whitepapers, and customer case studies that we feel are worth a read. We hope you enjoy.
Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) Gains Momentum
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Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) Gains Momentum

Splunk's Paul Agbabian shares a look back at the key developments and enhancements to the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) since its launch in August 2022.
Threat Update: AwfulShred Script Wiper
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Threat Update: AwfulShred Script Wiper

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares their findings on the Linux-targeted destructive payload AwfulShred.