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Automated Threat Hunting: Turning Threat Intelligence into Executable Hunt Plans

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Automated Threat Hunting: Turning Threat Intelligence into Executable Hunt Plans

Rapid7 developed an automated threat hunting pipeline that uses large language models to convert threat intelligence reports into structured hunt plans in minutes rather than days. The system extracts adversary behaviors, maps them to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, and generates detection queries across multiple security tools while keeping human analysts in control of validation and decision-making. This approach addresses the scalability challenge of manual threat hunting, which becomes unsustainable when multiple high-quality intelligence reports arrive simultaneously.

Why it matters: Security operations and threat hunting teams can significantly reduce the time required to operationalize threat intelligence and begin hunting for adversary behaviors, allowing faster detection of attacks relevant to their environment.

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