Threat Hunting Basics
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What is Threat Hunting Basics?
Threat hunting is a proactive security activity where security analysts actively search for malicious activities or threats that have evaded automated security defenses. Unlike reactive incident response, which begins after an alert, threat hunting assumes that threats are already present within the environment and seeks to identify them before they cause significant damage. It leverages data analysis, threat intelligence, and investigative techniques to uncover hidden or advanced attacks.
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More in stage 4: Security Skills and Knowledge
- Security Skills and Knowledge
- Understand Common Hacking Tools
- Core Concepts of Zero Trust
- Understand Common Exploit Frameworks
- Roles of Compliance and Auditors
- Blue / Red / Purple Teams
- Understand Concept of Defense in Depth
- Understand the Definition of Risk
- False Negative / False Positive
- Understand Concept of Runbooks
- Understand Backups and Resiliency
- True Negative / True Positive
- Understand Basics of Forensics
- Cyber Kill Chain
- Basics of Threat Intel, OSINT
- MFA & 2FA
- Honeypots
- Understand Handshakes
- Basics of Vulnerability Management
- Operating System Hardening
- Understand CIA Triad
- Basics of Reverse Engineering
- Understand Concept of Isolation
- Privilege Escalation
- Penetration Testing Rules of Engagement
- Basics of IDS and IPS
- Web Based Attacks and OWASP10
- Perimiter vs DMZ vs Segmentation
- Authentication vs Authorization
- Learn how Malware works and Types
- Star
- Ring
- Mesh
- Bus
- Understand the OSI Model
- Common Protocols and their Uses
- Common Ports and their Uses
- SSL and TLS Basics
- Basics of NAS and SAN
- Kerberos
- RADIUS
- LDAP
- SSO
- Certificates
- Local Auth
- SSH
- RDP
- FTP
- SFTP
- HTTP / HTTPS
- SSL / TLS
Threat Hunting Basics: common questions
Can I learn Threat Hunting Basics in Hindi?
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Is this Threat Hunting Basics tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 110 of 301 in the free Cyber Security roadmap, in stage 4, Security Skills and Knowledge. If you are new to Cyber Security, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.