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Threat Intelligence
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How to Read a CTI Report Like an Analyst (Not a Journalist)
Vendor threat reports mix marketing, narrative, and actionable intelligence. A repeatable method for extracting IOCs, TTPs, and detection opportunities while filtering the noise.
IOC Analysis Step-by-Step: A Complete Guide for Threat Hunters
A complete, practitioner-focused guide to Indicator of Compromise analysis: from IP addresses and domains to file hashes and network artifacts. Includes real-world examples, tooling, automation scripts, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
Understanding IOCs: A Practical Primer
A grounded introduction to Indicators of Compromise — what they are, where they break, and how to actually use them inside a SOC workflow without drowning in false positives.
Building a Threat Intelligence Program From Zero (Without Buying Anything)
A realistic roadmap for a small SOC: define intelligence requirements, wire up free feeds, build a triage workflow, disseminate what matters, and measure whether any of it helps.
inkdex: an index that states facts, a scanner that judges them
Studies, benchmarks and build notes. Method first, numbers included, losses too.
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