Splunk Threat Research Team's Blog Posts

The Splunk Threat Research Team is an active part of a customer’s overall defense strategy by enhancing Splunk security offerings with verified research and security content such as use cases, detection searches, and playbooks. We help security teams around the globe strengthen operations by providing tactical guidance and insights to detect, investigate and respond against the latest threats. The Splunk Threat Research Team focuses on understanding how threats, actors, and vulnerabilities work, and the team replicates attacks which are stored as datasets in the Attack Data repository.

Our goal is to provide security teams with research they can leverage in their day to day operations and to become the industry standard for SIEM detections. We are a team of industry-recognized experts who are encouraged to improve the security industry by sharing our work with the community via conference talks, open-sourcing projects, and writing white papers or blogs. You will also find us presenting our research at conferences such as Defcon, Blackhat, RSA, and many more.

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Static Tundra Analysis & CVE-2018-0171 Detection Guide
Security
17 Minute Read

Static Tundra Analysis & CVE-2018-0171 Detection Guide

Protect your network from Static Tundra's exploitation of CVE-2018-0171 Cisco Smart Install vulnerability. Get comprehensive analysis & Splunk detection guidance.
Detecting Suspicious ESXi Activity Before Ransomware Happens
Security
11 Minute Read

Detecting Suspicious ESXi Activity Before Ransomware Happens

Learn to detect suspicious activity using Splunk, including log ingestion, common indicators, and comprehensive detection strategies for VMware ESXi environments.
Picture Paints a Thousand Codes: Dissecting Image-Based Steganography in a .NET (Quasar) RAT Loader
Security
13 Minute Read

Picture Paints a Thousand Codes: Dissecting Image-Based Steganography in a .NET (Quasar) RAT Loader

Uncover how to identify malicious executable loaders that use steganography to deliver payloads such as Quasar RAT.
Using RAG, Splunk ES Content Update App (ESCU), and MLTK to Develop, Enhance, and Analyze Splunk Detections
Artificial Intelligence
5 Minute Read

Using RAG, Splunk ES Content Update App (ESCU), and MLTK to Develop, Enhance, and Analyze Splunk Detections

Learn how to enhance Splunk security detections using a local Llama3 LLM, RAG, MLTK, and ESCU.
Splunk Security Content for Threat Detection & Response: July Recap
Security
2 Minute Read

Splunk Security Content for Threat Detection & Response: July Recap

Learn about the latest security content from Splunk.
Beyond the Patch: SharePoint Exploits and the Hidden Threat of IIS Module Persistence
Security
12 Minute Read

Beyond the Patch: SharePoint Exploits and the Hidden Threat of IIS Module Persistence

The cybersecurity landscape witnessed a perfect storm in July 2025 when multiple critical SharePoint vulnerabilities collided with sophisticated IIS module-based persistence techniques, creating a nightmare scenario for enterprise defenders.