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WEEK_4 · DAY_25 · LAB

Lab 25 — Run a Hunt

Hypothesis-driven proactive search across 24h+ of data

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Lab Objectives

  • Form a hypothesis (PEAK / TaHiTI methodology)
  • Run hunts for LOLBins, beaconing, suspicious parent-child
  • Document findings: TPs, FPs, gaps
  • Codify successful hunts into correlation searches

Lab Instructions

  1. 1
    Hypothesis: 'Adversary using LOLBins for download.'
  2. 2
    Open Splunk → Search and run the LOLBin hunt.
  3. 3
    Document TPs, FPs, gaps.
  4. 4
    If signal exists, propose a correlation search.

SPL for this Lab

LOLBin hunt open in Splunk
index=sysmon EventCode=1
  Image IN ("*\\rundll32.exe","*\\mshta.exe","*\\regsvr32.exe","*\\certutil.exe","*\\bitsadmin.exe")
  CommandLine="*http*"
| stats count values(CommandLine) as cmd by Computer, Image, User
| sort - count
// LOLBins fetching over HTTP = textbook abuse.