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: Harlan Carvey
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Home Field Advantage: How Attackers Reshape Victim Environments
Home Field Advantage: How Attackers Reshape Victim Environments

See how a threat actor used SQL injection and BadIIS to gain persistence, disable Windows Defender, and quietly install a cryptominer.

Akira, LimeWire, and the Sour Taste of Data Exfiltration
Akira, LimeWire, and the Sour Taste of Data Exfiltration

A recent investigation uncovered an Akira affiliate abusing a website owned by file-sharing app LimeWire for data exfiltration. Here's how the attack unfolded.

Beyond the RaaS Headlines: The Reality of Ransomware Tradecraft
Beyond the RaaS Headlines: The Reality of Ransomware Tradecraft

The ransomware name on the ransom note doesn't tell the full story. See how RaaS affiliates drive initial access, persistence, and exfiltration and what defenders should watch for.

Trial, Error, and Typos: Why Some Malware Attacks Aren't as 'Sophisticated' as You Think
Trial, Error, and Typos: Why Some Malware Attacks Aren't as 'Sophisticated' as You Think

The threat reports make every attacker sound like they're running a perfect playbook. The telemetry tells a different story: typos, failed attempts, and a lot of trial and error before anything works.

Velociraptor Misuse, Pt. I: WSUS-Up?
Velociraptor Misuse, Pt. I: WSUS-Up?

Huntress analysts caught threat actors exploiting a WSUS vulnerability, then turning a legitimate open-source forensic tool into command-and-control infrastructure. Part 1 of a two-part investigation.

Dispelling Ransomware Deployment Myths
Dispelling Ransomware Deployment Myths

The ransomware headlines focus on encryption and skip everything in between. Huntress covers the initial access, the human decisions, and the mistakes that public reporting tends to clean up.

Insights: RMM Tools
Insights: RMM Tools

Huntress sees RMM tool usage across thousands of SMB environments — legitimate, suspicious, and straight-up malicious. Here's what the visibility reveals about how RMMs are being abused.

March 4, 2024
Threat Intel Accelerates Detection & Response
Threat Intel Accelerates Detection & Response

Huntress analysts identified novel use of finger.exe for data exfiltration, documented it internally, and then used that intelligence to accelerate detection on the next incident. Here's how it played out.

February 14, 2024
Why Having Backups Isn't Enough
Why Having Backups Isn't Enough

Having backups feels like a safety net until an attack reveals the holes. Here's why backups alone are not enough and what it actually takes to recover after a serious incident.

January 17, 2023