About this episode

This episode discusses a threat hunting workshop focused on privilege escalation and covers recent cybersecurity headlines.

*On-Demand - Threat Hunting Workshop: Hunting for Privilege Escalation - Level 2 Watch Now: https://www.intel471.com/resources/webinars/threat-hunting-workshop-hunting-for-privilege-escalation-level-2 ---------- Top Headlines: Socket | Malicious dYdX Packages Published to npm and PyPI After Maintainer Compromise: https://socket.dev/blog/malicious-dydx-packages-published-to-npm-and-pypi Help Net Security | State-backed phishing attacks targeting military officials and journalists on Signal: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/06/state-linked-phishing-europe-journalists-signal/?web_view=true Cisco Talos | Knife Cutting the Edge: Disclosing a China-nexus gateway-monitoring AitM framework: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/knife-cutting Huntress | They Got In Through SonicWall. Then They Tried to Kill Every Security Tool: https://www.huntress.com/blog/encase-byovd-edr-killer ---------- Stay in Touch! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Intel471Inc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intel-471/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIL4ElcM6oLd3n36hM4_wkg Discord: https://discord.gg/DR4mcW4zBr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Intel471Inc/

Topics covered

• threat hunting
• privilege escalation
• cybersecurity
• malicious packages
• phishing attacks

Keywords

• threat hunting
• privilege escalation
• cybersecurity
• malicious packages
• phishing
• SonicWall
• security tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Intel471, Socket, Help Net Security, Cisco Talos, Huntress

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