Out of the Woods: The Threat Hunting Podcast

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Out of the Woods: The Threat Hunting Podcast episodes

July 30S4 Ep10: [LIVE] Know Thy Environment: Putting Your Data to Work
Most threat hunters have more data than they know what to do with. The problem isn't access. It's understanding: what your fields actually mean, what normal really looks like, and where your visibility quietly runs out before a hunt even gets started.
This session picks up from our last conversation on environmental context and gets into the work that makes data usable. You don't need to have caught the first episode to follow along.
What we'll cover:
Building data dictionaries that preserve knowledge and help hunters move faster
Mapping telemetry fields to the entities and behaviors that matter during a hunt
Baselining normal behavior without creating blind spots
Working through noisy data, inconsistent logging, and visibility gaps
Communicating coverage and gaps in a way that resonates with leadership

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1 hr 31 min
July 22S4 Ep9: Cloudy With a Chance of Malware
Top Headlines:
Group-IB | HOLLOWGRAPH: Turning Microsoft 365 Calendars into Covert Command-and-Control Channels: https://www.group-ib.com/blog/hollowgraph-microsoft-365/
The Hacker News | New Bit2Watt Attack Could Let Cloud Tenants Disrupt Power Grids Without an Exploit: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-bit2watt-attack-could-let-cloud.html
Elastic | New North Korean campaign uses fake coding interviews to steal developer credentials: https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/contagious-interview-malware-svg-steganography
Island.io | AgentBaiting: How Fake AI Skills Deliver Malware at Scale: https://www.island.io/blog/agentbaiting-how-800-fake-ai-skills-and-mcp-servers-delivered-malware

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41 min
July 17S4 Ep8: We’re Going Threat Hunting Through the Quad Into the Gymnasium
Top Headlines:
JFrog | Miasma Worm Returns to npm: https://research.jfrog.com/post/miasma-worm-returns-to-npm/
Mind Gard | Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left: https://mindgard.ai/blog/cursor-0day-when-full-disclosure-becomes-the-only-protection-left
Level Blue | QuimaRAT: A Java RAT with burning ambitions: https://www.levelblue.com/hubfs/Web/Library/Documents_pdf/Threat_Spotlight_An_In_Depth_Analysis_of_QuimaRAT.pdf
Blackpoint Cyber | LabubaRAT: A Rust Based Remote Access Tool Masquerading as NVIDIA Software: https://blackpointcyber.com/blog/labubarat-a-rust-based-remote-access-tool-masquerading-as-nvidia-software/
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43 min
July 09 S4 Ep7: Threat Report - Q2 2026
In this episode of Out of the Woods, Scott Poley and Tom Kostura review key findings from the Q2 2026 Threat Hunt Report and discuss what stood out across the quarter. They cover supply chain compromises, growing abuse of Node.js and Bun runtimes, a surge in credential harvesting following the Florida Bleed campaign, and a shrinking window between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation tied to the MS Nightmare vulnerabilities.
The episode also touches on recent threat profiles, including the Iranian-linked actor Cavern Manticore and a fast-moving intrusion that went from an SEO-poisoned download to full ransomware encryption in under 48 hours, with a focus on what these patterns mean for threat hunters and defenders.
Download the full Q2 2026 Threat Hunt Report: https://www.intel471.com/resources/whitepapers/threat-hunt-report-q2-2026
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40 min
July 01S4 Ep6: Built to Blend In
Top Headlines:
welivesecurity | Gamaredon in 2025: Leveraging tunnels, workers, dead drops, and new alliances: https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/gamaredon-2025-leveraging-tunnels-workers-dead-drops-new-alliances/
Adversa AI | AI coding agents vulnerability: GuardFall shell injeciton: https://adversa.ai/blog/opensource-ai-coding-agents-shell-injection-vulnerability/
JFrog Security Research | Hijacked npm Packages Use Novel VSCode Autorun and Blockchain Dead Drops to Deploy a Credential/Crypto Stealer: https://research.jfrog.com/post/hijacked-npm-vscode-tasks-blockchain/
Blackpoint Cyber | A Djinn in the Machine: TaskWeaver’s Node.js Intrusion Chain: https://blackpointcyber.com/blog/a-djinn-in-the-machine-taskweavers-node-js-intrusion-chain/
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48 min
June 25S4 Ep5: Forti Shades of Breach
Top Headlines:
JFrog | From PostCSS Masquerading to Windows RAT: https://research.jfrog.com/post/from-postcss-typosquat-to-windows-rat/
Elastic | Lost in relocation: analysis of a new loader distributing CASTLESTEALER: https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/oxloader-malware-loader-infostealer
SOCRadar | Dismantling-FortiBleed: https://socradar.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Dismantling-FortiBleed.pdf
SANS | Own AI Securely: The SANS Secure AI Blueprint: https://www.sans.org/white-papers/own-ai-securely-sans-secure-ai-blueprint
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53 min
June 16S4 Ep4: Old Flaws, New Attacks
Top Headlines:
Trend Micro | Old WinRAR Flaw Fuels Attacks on Ukraine: How Unmanaged Software Keeps the Door Open: https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/f/old-winrar-flaw-fuels-attacks-on-ukraine.html
The Hacker News | Researchers Build Self-Replicating AI Worm That Operates Entirely on Local, Open-Weight Models: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/researchers-build-self-replicating-ai.html
Huntress | Unpatched NTLM Leakage in Windows search: URI Handler, Same Bug, No CVE, No Fix | Huntress: https://www.huntress.com/blog/unpatched-ntlm-leak-windows-search-uri-handler
aikido.dev | Red Hat npm Packages Compromised to Spread a Credential-Stealing Worm: https://www.aikido.dev/blog/red-hat-npm-packages-compromised-credential-stealing-worm?_gl=1*8wn4a9*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_vnQBhCxARIsADcZyxL-SVitznmoZxhQ5DpjJdXLfpMZyybysJ0YaiJmipzBYpqtqpTk2GUaAtsMEALw_wcB&gbraid=0AAAAApQ3BFhNDUDPZ7DnB3pGVCSCcmPoZ

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46 min
May 29S4 Ep3: [LIVE] Know Thy Environment: Building Context for Effective Threat Hunting
Understanding your environment is one of the most overlooked parts of threat hunting, and one of the most important. This live episode focuses on how to profile your environment, work through both existing and newly onboarded datasets, and build a clear picture of what normal actually looks like across your telemetry.
The conversation centers on practical approaches. How to think about your data. How to ask better questions. How to work through common challenges like incomplete visibility, noisy datasets, and inconsistent logging across tools. The session will include real examples, lessons learned, and the methods used to turn raw data into meaningful hunting insight.
This episode is built for practitioners who want to move beyond reactive detection and make decisions grounded in a deep understanding of their own systems, data, and gaps.
What We’ll Cover:
How to profile your environment and baseline normal activity across datasets
Approaches for working with new and unfamiliar telemetry sources
Techniques for handling noisy data and inconsistent logging
Ways to identify and account for visibility gaps
Practical examples from real-world threat hunting workflows

Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/Uv46waZVAC0
1 hr 31 min
May 21S4 Ep2: Ptrace Yourself Before Your Agent Wrecks Yourself
Top Headlines:
Qualys | CVE-2026-46333: Local Root Privilege Escalation and Credential Disclosure in the Linux Kernel ptrace Path: https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/05/20/cve-2026-46333-lo[…]ion-and-credential-disclosure-in-the-linux-kernel-ptrace-path
Microsoft Security Blog | Introducing RAMPART and Clarity: Open source tools to bring safety into Agent development workflow: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/20/introducing-rampart-and-clar[…]ource-tools-to-bring-safety-into-agent-development-workflow/
Socket | Mini Shai-Hulud Hits @antv Ecosystem, 639 Compromised npm Package Verssions: https://socket.dev/blog/antv-packages-compromised
WeLiveSecurity | Webworm: New Burrowing Techniques: https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/webworm-new-burrowing-techniques/

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37 min
May 18S4 Ep1: When the Chain Bites Back
Top Headlines:
The Hacker News | Mini Shai-Hulud Worm Compromises TanStack, Mistral AI, Guardrails AI & More Packages: https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/mini-shai-hulud-worm-compromises.html
Checkmarx | Update: Ongoing Checkmarx Supply Chain Security Incident: https://checkmarx.com/blog/ongoing-security-updates/
Google Cloud Blog | Adversaries Leverage AI for Vulnerability Exploitation, Augmented Operations, and Initial Access: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ai-vulnerability-exploitation-initial-access
Bitdefender | FamousSparrow APT Targets Azerbaijani Oil and Gas Industry: https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/famoussparrow-apt-targets-azerbaijani-oil-gas-industry

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57 min

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