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Using Workflow Actions & OSINT for Threat Hunting in Splunk
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Using Workflow Actions & OSINT for Threat Hunting in Splunk

Two things will make you a more efficient & effective security analyst: OSINT and workflow actions in Splunk. We've got you covered in this article.
Splunk Insights: Investigating the 3CXDesktopApp Supply Chain Compromise
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Splunk Insights: Investigating the 3CXDesktopApp Supply Chain Compromise

In this Splunk blog post, we aim to equip defenders with the necessary tools and strategies to actively hunt down and counteract this campaign. Additionally, we will offer some resilient analytic ideas that can serve as a foundation for future threat detection and response efforts.
Who's the Boss? EMEA Boss Of The SOC DAY 2023
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Who's the Boss? EMEA Boss Of The SOC DAY 2023

Boss of the SOC (BOTS) is Splunk’s blue-team capture the flag-esque competition in which defenders use Splunk’s suite of security products to find APT threats, discover attacks and figure out what happened to our favorite virtual organization “Frothly Brewing Co.”
What Generative AI Means For Cybersecurity: Risk & Reward
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5 Minute Read

What Generative AI Means For Cybersecurity: Risk & Reward

Learn the risks and rewards of generative AI in cybersecurity.
Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading March 2023
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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading March 2023

In this month's Staff Picks blog, our Splunk security experts curate a list of presentations, whitepapers, and customer case studies that we feel are worth a read.
AsyncRAT Crusade: Detections and Defense
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AsyncRAT Crusade: Detections and Defense

The Splunk Threat Research Team explores detections and defense against the Microsoft OneNote AsyncRAT malware campaign.
My Username Fields Have Passwords in Them! What Do I Do?
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My Username Fields Have Passwords in Them! What Do I Do?

Sometimes, users put their password into a username field and it gets logged into Splunk – learn how to identify this behavior and remediate it with SOAR.
Breaking the Chain: Defending Against Certificate Services Abuse
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11 Minute Read

Breaking the Chain: Defending Against Certificate Services Abuse

Explore the common certificate abuses leveraged by current and relevant adversaries in the wild, the multiple methods they use to obtain certificates, how to gather relevant logs and ways to mitigate adversaries stealing certificates.
Machine Learning in Security: Detecting Suspicious Processes Using Recurrent Neural Networks
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Machine Learning in Security: Detecting Suspicious Processes Using Recurrent Neural Networks

Splunk's Kumar Sharad explains how to detect suspicious processes using recurrent neural networks.