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: Kyle Hanslovan
What comes next: Huntress hits an inflection point
What comes next: Huntress hits an inflection point

CEO Kyle Hanslovan outlines how Huntress is evolving its research-led strategy, adopting AI with human oversight, and expanding its partner network to protect businesses against rapid, automated cyberattacks.

July 30, 2026
Business Reflection: $250M ARR Was Never the Goal. It Came From Staying True to Our Mission.
Business Reflection: $250M ARR Was Never the Goal. It Came From Staying True to Our Mission.

Hitting $250M ARR is a milestone, but it wasn't the goal. CEO Kyle Hanslovan reflects on Huntress' mission to protect the 99% and why staying true to it remains his top priority."

July 30, 2026
These Recent Insider Threat Allegations
These Recent Insider Threat Allegations

Huntress responds to recent public allegations of an insider threat, separating fact from speculation and sharing how we approach ethics, transparency, and trust.

June 29, 2026
Here’s to the Future: Our Latest Funding Will Fuel Big Innovations, Bold Acquisitions, and a More Secure Global Community
Here’s to the Future: Our Latest Funding Will Fuel Big Innovations, Bold Acquisitions, and a More Secure Global Community

Huntress is marking another funding milestone and looking ahead. CEO Kyle Hanslovan reflects on the journey from a three-person team to a global security mission — and what comes next.

June 18, 2024
Huntress MDR for Microsoft 365 Update
Huntress MDR for Microsoft 365 Update

Over the past year, Huntress built toward a tidal wave of identity-focused tradecraft. Here's the Microsoft 365 MDR product update: what's changed, what's been added, and what's coming.

December 6, 2023
Huntress Heads Into Q2 Serving More SMBs and 2 Million Endpoints
Huntress Heads Into Q2 Serving More SMBs and 2 Million Endpoints

Huntress is now securing more than two million endpoints a milestone that started with a clear mission in 2015. Here's where the company is headed and what it means for the SMBs it protects.

April 4, 2023
I Have a Lot to be Thankful for in 2020
I Have a Lot to be Thankful for in 2020

Five years after Huntress started, Kyle looks back at Thanksgiving 2015 — a punk with hacking skills, an MSP community without security knowledge, and what grew from that unlikely starting point.

November 27, 2020
Phishing, Office 365 and the Commercialization of Cybercrime
Phishing, Office 365 and the Commercialization of Cybercrime

Hackers operate at the same maturity level as leading software vendors now. Here's how the commercialization of cybercrime has changed phishing, Office 365 targeting, and the threat landscape.

September 17, 2020
Validating the SolarWinds N-central “Dumpster Diver” Vulnerability
Validating the SolarWinds N-central “Dumpster Diver” Vulnerability

Huntress validated a SolarWinds N-central vulnerability that quietly allowed attackers to enumerate devices. Here's the technical breakdown, and what SolarWinds patched to fix it.

January 24, 2020
Assisted Remediation in Action
Assisted Remediation in Action

An Emotet/TrickBot infection hit 50+ endpoints at once. Huntress walked through a live response using Assisted Remediation beta, and it was the exact scenario the feature was built for.

November 15, 2019
Incident Education: Sales Ammo for the IT Arsenal
Incident Education: Sales Ammo for the IT Arsenal

The cybersecurity industry runs on FUD, but real incidents make stronger arguments than fear ever will. Huntress shows MSPs how to use actual threat data as honest, effective sales context.

May 16, 2019
Rapid Response: ASUS Live Update Attack (Operation ShadowHammer)
Rapid Response: ASUS Live Update Attack (Operation ShadowHammer)

Operation ShadowHammer turned ASUS's own update tool against its users. Huntress answers the key questions about this global supply chain attack and what IT departments needed to do immediately.

March 26, 2019
Attackers Abuse Trust with Indirection
Attackers Abuse Trust with Indirection

Antivirus got better at detecting malicious behavior. So attackers got better at hiding behind trusted processes. This post covers how indirection lets them evade even modern heuristic detection.

August 16, 2018
Ask Huntress: Fake .XPS Invoice Leading to Credential Phishing
Ask Huntress: Fake .XPS Invoice Leading to Credential Phishing

The first Ask Huntress: a fake .XPS invoice arrived in a partner's inbox and led somewhere unexpected. Here's how Huntress traced it to a credential phishing page.

July 17, 2018
Deep Dive: Kaseya VSA Mining Payload
Deep Dive: Kaseya VSA Mining Payload

When Kaseya VSA was compromised, Huntress ThreatOps went deep on the technical analysis. Here's what was actually inside the malicious payload — and what it was designed to do.

January 30, 2018