2024: Revisiting a Year in Threats
Before you pop the bubbly and count down to a new year, let’s reminisce for a moment. Looking back on the past 365 days, it…
Category: ThreatIntelligence-IncidentResponse
Exploring Package Tracking Smishing Scams
Have you recently received a text message urging you to take action to avoid a negative outcome? Maybe you’ve just been informed you have an…
Cleo Software Actively Being Exploited in the Wild CVE-2024-55956
CVE-2024-55956 Summary On December 3, Huntress identified an emerging threat involving Cleo’s LexiCom, VLTransfer, and Harmony software, commonly used to manage file transfers. We’ve directly…
What are LOLBins? How to Detect Malicious Threats
LOLBin stands for “Living Off the Land Binaries,” tools that are pre-installed as part of an operating system. LOLBins are not malicious in themselves but…
PerfMon! What Is It Good For?
In his hit song “War,” Motown singer Edwin Starr asked a poignant question: “War, huh, yeah, what is it good for?” Well, from a purple…
The Huntress Cyber Insurance Trends Report (2025)
The best offense is a good defense, and this is even more true when it comes to cyber threats. Cyber insurance may not be at…
2025 Cybersecurity Threat Report: Proliferating RATs, Evolving Ransomware, and Other Findings
At Huntress, we like to wreck hackers. But to take them down, we first have to understand how they operate. That’s why we created the…
How Effective Is Your SAT Program?
In a recent The Wall Street Journal article titled “Phishing Tests, the Bane of Work Life, Are Getting Meaner,” writer Robert McMillan explores a common…
Uncover Tomorrow’s Cyber Threats Today
Cyber threats are getting smarter, sneakier, and harder to catch. In 2024, we analyzed data from thousands of organizations and millions of endpoints and found…
Cybersecurity Threats in Healthcare [2025 Report]
From stethoscopes to smartphones, healthcare’s embracing technology—and the risks that come with it. The things that have made healthcare more accessible, like online prescription fillings…
How Huntress Achieved a Blazing Fast MTTR
When it comes to cybersecurity, speed can make the difference between blocking an attacker at the front door and finding out they’ve helped themselves to…
Detect and Eliminate Persistent Malware Before It Wreaks Havoc
If you’ve been in cybersecurity for a minute, you know malware doesn’t just show up and disappear. Hackers don’t drop a payload and call it…