All Huntress Blog Posts

All Huntress Blog Posts

All things cybersecurity engaging and accessible - so you can stay ahead of hackers and boost your cybersecurity savviness.

Author: Annie Ballew
Ransomware Canaries: A 2022 Update
Ransomware Canaries: A 2022 Update

Ransomware has evolved significantly since Huntress first introduced Ransomware Canaries. Here's a 2022 update on how canaries work, what's changed in the ransomware landscape, and what Huntress built to keep up.

January 14, 2022
What Is a Persistent Foothold?
What Is a Persistent Foothold?

Threat hunting isn't about machine learning and behavioral analytics — it's about finding the evidence an attacker left behind. Here's how Huntress defined persistent footholds and built a detection philosophy around them.

April 6, 2021
Huntress Service: Managed Antivirus
Huntress Service: Managed Antivirus

The security stack that worked yesterday is getting outpaced. Huntress Managed Antivirus adds 24/7 SOC oversight to endpoint protection. Here's what the new service actually includes and does.

January 26, 2021
Why Microsoft Defender Antivirus Is Worth Another Look
Why Microsoft Defender Antivirus Is Worth Another Look

The 'free equals worse' assumption about Defender is outdated. Huntress makes the case for why Microsoft Defender Antivirus deserves a serious look, and why it holds up better than most expect.

January 19, 2021
Redefining Beta
Redefining Beta

What if technology never changed? Huntress explores what their new beta approach means for product development — and why shipping features earlier, with more partner input, makes everyone safer.

December 29, 2020
Rapid Response: TrickBoot
Rapid Response: TrickBoot

TrickBot survived a coordinated takedown effort and kept evolving. TrickBoot adds UEFI firmware targeting to TrickBot's capabilities — here's Huntress on what it does and why it's a bigger deal.

December 2, 2020
Huntress Service: External Recon
Huntress Service: External Recon

If the Empire had known about the exhaust port, Episode IV plays out differently. External Recon gives organizations visibility into their exposed attack surface, before attackers find it first.

July 21, 2020
Huntress Service: Ransomware Canaries
Huntress Service: Ransomware Canaries

Backup and recovery are only useful if you know when to activate them. Huntress Ransomware Canaries exist to answer that question. Here's how they work and why they matter in real attacks.

June 24, 2020
Evolving the Hunt
Evolving the Hunt

Persistence hunting was what originally attracted this engineer to Huntress. Here's the story of how the detection philosophy evolved from there, and what it takes to keep pace with attackers.

June 22, 2020
How One Criminal Tried to Sell an MSP on the Dark Web
How One Criminal Tried to Sell an MSP on the Dark Web

Huntress found themselves directly interacting with a criminal who tried to sell MSP access on the dark web. Read the full story — from the dark web forum post to the arrest in Atlanta.

February 4, 2020