D8 · CySA+

What are threat hunting tools?

Threat hunting tools: SIEM (log-based hunting), EDR (endpoint telemetry), Velociraptor (open-source DFIR/hunt), OSQuery (SQL-based endpoint querying), YARA (file/memory pattern matching).
OSQuery transforms endpoint state into SQL tables — 'SELECT * FROM processes WHERE name LIKE "%mimikatz%"'. Velociraptor collects artifacts from endpoints at scale. ELK + OSQuery = powerful open-source hunting platform. Hypothesis-driven hunts use these tools to test specific attacker behavior assumptions.
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