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Practical Threat Intelligence and Data-Driven Threat Hunting

By : Valentina Costa-Gazcón
Book Image

Practical Threat Intelligence and Data-Driven Threat Hunting

By: Valentina Costa-Gazcón

Overview of this book

Threat hunting (TH) provides cybersecurity analysts and enterprises with the opportunity to proactively defend themselves by getting ahead of threats before they can cause major damage to their business. This book is not only an introduction for those who don’t know much about the cyber threat intelligence (CTI) and TH world, but also a guide for those with more advanced knowledge of other cybersecurity fields who are looking to implement a TH program from scratch. You will start by exploring what threat intelligence is and how it can be used to detect and prevent cyber threats. As you progress, you’ll learn how to collect data, along with understanding it by developing data models. The book will also show you how to set up an environment for TH using open source tools. Later, you will focus on how to plan a hunt with practical examples, before going on to explore the MITRE ATT&CK framework. By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills you need to be able to carry out effective hunts in your own environment.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Section 1: Cyber Threat Intelligence
5
Section 2: Understanding the Adversary
9
Section 3: Working with a Research Environment
14
Section 4: Communicating to Succeed
Appendix – The State of the Hunt

Windows-native tools

You probably already know that Windows is the most used operating system in the world, so chances are you are going to be dealing with Windows systems within your organization. Luckily for us, Windows comes with some native auditing tools we can use to gather information about our environment.

Windows Event Viewer

Window Event Viewer is a native Windows tool where you can find detailed information about Windows application events and other events happening on the system. It starts automatically on system start. Some private applications take advantage of the Windows Event Log capability, while some generate their own logs. It is a great tool for troubleshooting operating system and application errors, but also for performing threat hunting.

You can access Event Viewer by going to Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools and selecting the application. You can also type Event viewer into the home search or by opening the Run dialog (Windows...