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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 1d

#splunk #threathunting #cybersecurity #infosec #THORcollective #thrunting

sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 1d

If tstats gives you speed and eventstats gives you context...timechart gives you shape.

This week’s @thorcollective.bsky.social SPL Dispatch breaks down how to use timechart to uncover rhythm, automation, and the a cron job masquerading as “normal.”

dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/the-shape-...

dispatch.thorcollective.com

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 6d

#threathunting #thrunting #cybersecurity #AI #thrunting #THORcollective #AIbestie

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 6d

Threat hunting falls apart when your “docs” live in Slack threads.

Part 2 of the @thorcollective.bsky.social Dispatch Agentic Threat Hunting series covers the first step to scaling: put your hunts in a GitHub repo and give your AI bestie memory.

dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/agentic-th...

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 7d

✨ To get you ready for Taylor Swift’s latest album… ✨

🎶 Check out Life of a Detection Girl - a playlist I created inspired by Taylor Swift and Alex Hurtado, with a touch of cyber woven in.

Give it a listen and let me know your favorite track!

suno.com/playlist/5cf...

Life of a Detection Girl by @letswastetime | Suno

✨ inspo by alex hurtado & taylor swift ✨

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LP @jotunvillur.bsky.social · 8d

We at @thorcollective.bsky.social are waking you up before September ends, because a new Ask-a-Thrunt3r episode just dropped with:

2K subscriber milestone 🎉
15 baseline examples
The great data vs. data debate
Plus: Is Git the future of hunting collab?

🎧: dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/ask-a-thru...

Ask-a-Thrunt3r: September 2025 Recap 🐏

Mainly ramblings. And maybe some wisdom.

dispatch.thorcollective.com

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 13d

#threathunting #baselines #cybersecurity #THORcollective #thrunting #infosec

sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 13d

From temporal to behavioral, baselines are the thrunter’s compass. September’s Dispatch from @thorcollective.bsky.social shows how to use them to sharpen the hunt and includes ten baseline hunts you should be running now.
🔗 dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/dispatch-d...

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LP @jotunvillur.bsky.social · 15d

You can’t find weird if you don’t know normal.

@thorcollective.bsky.social
just dropped 10 baseline hunts you can shine in the dark parts of your env and magnify the adversaries from the noise.

Join us for all the thrunting 👉: open.substack.com/pub/thorcoll...

#threathunting #infosec

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 20d

#cybersecurity #diversityandinclusion #leadership #representationmatters #intersectionality #infosec #thrunting #THORcollective

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 20d

✨ Representation is STILL a security issue. ✨
@thorcollective.bsky.social Dispatch with @kassafras09.bsky.social from March. The message still stands.
• Fix biased job reqs
• Put diverse voices on panels
• Mentor future hackers
• Model inclusive leadership
dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/why-we-nee...

Why We Need More Women and Intersectional Diversity in Cyber (And How to Get There)

Representation matters in cybersecurity. Here’s why—and what we can do about it.

dispatch.thorcollective.com

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 23d

#cybersecurity #projectmanagement #threathunting #infosec #leadership #thorcollective #thrunting

sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · 23d

Cybersecurity needs more than hackers in hoodies.

In this week’s @thorcollective.bsky.social Dispatch, Courtney Shar shares how project management skills like risk alignment, process design, and team coordination directly strengthen security programs.

👉 dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/beyond-hac...

dispatch.thorcollective.com

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drterdnugget.bsky.social @drterdnugget.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨New post on @thorcollective.bsky.social Dispatch 🚨

Certis Foster didn't hunt for it.
It revealed itself.

The key? Plotting behavior in 3D space:

🕒 Time
🗺️ Terrain
🎯 Behavior

Outliers can’t hide in 3D.

dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/cant-hide-...

#threathunting #thrunting #THORcollective

Can't Hide in 3D

In a sea of millions of security events, one workstation literally stood out, floating high above all the others when I transformed flat logs into a 3D visualization.

dispatch.thorcollective.com

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Sep 2

#threathunting #thrunting #baseline #splunk #cybersecurity #infosec #THORcollective

sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you don’t know what “normal” looks like in your environment, you’re not hunting...you’re hoping.

Our latest @thorcollective.bsky.social Dispatch post breaks down 5 baselines every thrunter needs.

Map normal. Track drift. Catch threats.

Read here: dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/you-cant-f...

You Can't Find Weird If You Don't Know Normal

Five baselines with hunt queries you can run today

dispatch.thorcollective.com

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 28

#threathunting #thrunting #cybersecurity #infosec #THORcollective #hackersummercamp

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 28

Summertime sadness hit the Dispatch hard: sunscreen > screen time. 🌞
But the hunts never stopped, and this month we’re back with fresh chaos, AI wisdom, and a noob’s-eye view of DEF CON.

👉 Catch the @thorcollective.bsky.social August Dispatch: dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/dispatch-d...

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Quiet War isn’t loud breaches or ransomware. It’s subtle. AI-driven adversaries are blending in and evading detection.

Hunters must shift: hunt intent, not just indicators.

👉 New guest post by Damien Lewke on @thorcollective.bsky.social Dispatch: dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/the-quiet-...

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 19

#hacktheplanet #defcon #hackersummercamp #noob #threathunting #thrunting #linecon #cybersecurity #elipscion #THORcollective

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 19

What happens when you throw yourself into DEFCON for the very first time? You get Line Con, Noob Village wisdom, hacker merch battles, Flipper Zero impulse buys, Hacker Jeopardy chaos, and the realization that DEFCON is not just a con, it is a community.

dispatch.thorcollective.com/p/my-first-d...

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 6

#threathunting #cybersecurity #infosec #socanalyst #SURGe #splunk

sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 6

It’s here! 🎉 @dr-fett.bsky.social and I coauthored The Threat Hunter’s Cookbook and we’re thrilled to finally share it.

Built for defenders at every level with hunting methods from simple filtering to advanced clustering.

👉 Get the eBook: www.splunk.com/en_us/form/t...

Introducing… The Threat Hunter’s Cookbook! | Splunk

The security experts on the SURGe team have released The Threat Hunter’s Cookbook, a hands-on guide for security practitioners that features actionable insights into threat hunting methods,…

www.splunk.com

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sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 5

#DEFCON33 #BlackHat2025 #thrunt #thrunting #threathunting #THORcollective #hackersummercamp #infosec #cybersecurity #labubu

sydney @letswastetime.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Hacker Summer Camp starter pack:
⚡ Stickers
⚡ Patches
⚡ Coins
⚡ Wristbands
⚡ Temporary THRUNT tattoos

Find the @thorcollective.bsky.social crew in Vegas. Say hi and get some swag 👀

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