Out of the Woods: The Threat Hunting Podcast

This week, we dig into a packed threat landscape starting with Silk Parasite and its sprawling ecosystem of modular RATs, DLL sideloading, Google Drive C2, and techniques designed to make familiar attacker behaviors harder to spot. We also explore how AI recommendation poisoning can quietly influence model memory and decision-making, before looking at a Rust supply-chain compromise where simply building a poisoned dependency could be enough to trigger execution. From modular malware to AI trust and developer ecosystems, the common thread is attackers finding new ways to hide inside tools and workflows we already trust.

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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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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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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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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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