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Deliver a Strike by Reversing a Badger: Brute Ratel Detection and Analysis
Security
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Deliver a Strike by Reversing a Badger: Brute Ratel Detection and Analysis

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares how they utilized public research to capture Brute Ratel Badgers (agents) and create a Yara rule to help identify more on VirusTotal.
Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading September 2022
Security
3 Minute Read

Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading September 2022

Check out the latest staff picks from Splunk security experts, featuring presentations, whitepapers, and customer case studies that we feel are worth a read.
Machine Learning in Security: NLP Based Risky SPL Detection with a Pre-trained Model
Security
7 Minute Read

Machine Learning in Security: NLP Based Risky SPL Detection with a Pre-trained Model

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares a closer look at a hunting analytic and two machine learning-based detections that help find users running highly suspicious risky SPL commands.
Follina for Protocol Handlers
Security
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Follina for Protocol Handlers

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares how to identify protocol handlers on an endpoint, different ways to simulate adversary tradecraft that utilizes a protocol handler, and a piece of inspiring hunting content to help defenders identify protocol handlers being used in their environment.
Americas' BOTS Day '22
Security
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Americas' BOTS Day '22

With less than a month to go before Americas' BOTS Day '22, we thought it would be the perfect time to explain what’s happening and how the day will go.
AppLocker Rules as Defense Evasion: Complete Analysis
Security
24 Minute Read

AppLocker Rules as Defense Evasion: Complete Analysis

The Splunk Threat Research Team analyzes 'Azorult loader' (a payload that imports its own AppLocker rules) to understand the tactics and techniques that may help defend against these types of threats.
Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading August 2022
Security
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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading August 2022

Check out the latest staff picks from our Splunk security experts, featuring a list of presentations, whitepapers, and customer case studies that we feel are worth a read.
Introducing the Ransomware Content Browser
Security
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Introducing the Ransomware Content Browser

Learn more about the Ransomware Content Browser recently released inside Splunk Security Essentials, aimed at helping customers combat the problem of ransomware.
Splunk Announces Participation in the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) Project
Security
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Splunk Announces Participation in the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) Project

Announcing our participation as a co-founder of the new public Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) open-source project at Black Hat 2022.