🚀 AI-Powered Threat Hunting with Industry-Standard Hunt Hypotheses
"What if you had a team of the world's best threat hunters, working in the shadows, generating executable hunt queries, and never missing a connection? That's DarkHuntAI."
Traditional threat hunting: One analyst → Hours of manual work → Basic IOC lists → Miss connections
DarkHuntAI: Five AI agents → Intelligent collaboration → Industry-standard hunt hypotheses → Find hidden campaigns
| Traditional Approach | DarkHuntAI |
|---|---|
| 🧑💻 Single analyst | 🤖 Five AI specialists |
| ⏳ Hours of work | ⚡ Minutes to results |
| 📊 Basic IOC lists | 🎯 Executable SIEM queries |
| 😴 Miss connections | 🔍 Never miss campaigns |
- 🔍 Triage Specialist - Rapid IOC assessment and priority identification
- 🦠 Malware Hunter - Deep behavioral analysis and attack chain reconstruction
- 🕸️ Infrastructure Detective - Campaign correlation and infrastructure mapping
- 🎯 Campaign Strategist - Strategic intelligence and hunt hypothesis generation
- 🎼 Investigation Orchestrator - Quality assurance and collaboration management
graph TD
A[🔍 IOC Input] --> B[Triage Specialist]
B --> C[Malware Hunter]
C --> D[Infrastructure Detective]
D --> E[Investigation Orchestrator]
E --> F[Campaign Strategist]
F --> G[🎯 Actionable Intelligence]
E -.->|"Intelligence Gap Identified"| B
E -.->|"Need Deeper Analysis"| C
E -.->|"Expand Infrastructure Scope"| D
style E fill:#ff6b6b,color:#fff
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python3 run_threat_hunter.py investigate suspicious-domain.com🌑 DARKHUNTAI INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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IOC Classification:
• suspicious-domain.com | Domain | HIGH | 15/94 detections | ⚡ BLOCK
• 1xx.21.x.1 | IP | MEDIUM | 3/94 detections | 👁️ MONITOR
Campaign Analysis:
• Classification: Coordinated C2 Infrastructure
• Scale: 18 related domains identified
• Attribution: Cybercriminal operations using CDN obfuscation
🎯 HUNT HYPOTHESES:
HYPOTHESIS 1: [HIGH CONFIDENCE - Infrastructure Pattern]
If threat actor uses x C2, then we should observe multiple connections to 10x.21.x.x ranges
Detection Logic: index=network dest_ip=10x.21.* | stats count by src_ip | where count>5
Timeline: Hunt last 30 days | Success Criteria: >3 internal hosts = confirmed campaign
HYPOTHESIS 2: [MEDIUM CONFIDENCE - C2 Beaconing]
If campaign uses periodic beaconing, then we should observe regular intervals
Detection Logic: index=dns domain="*.suspicious-domains.com" | bucket _time span=1h | stats count
Timeline: Monitor next 14 days | Success Criteria: >5 regular intervals = active C2
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
🔥 Block HIGH confidence IOCs immediately
🎯 Execute hunt hypotheses in SIEM/EDR platforms
📊 Search logs for 18 campaign-related domains
This is the difference between data and actionable threat hunting intelligence.
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/Open-ASPM-Project/DarkHuntAI.git
cd DarkHuntAI
# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Configure API keys
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your API keysAdd these to your .env file:
VIRUSTOTAL_API_KEY=your_vt_key_here
URLSCAN_API_KEY=your_urlscan_key_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key_hereGet API keys:
- VirusTotal: virustotal.com/gui/join-us (Free)
- URLScan: urlscan.io/user/signup (Free)
- OpenAI: platform.openai.com/signup
python3 run_threat_hunter.py investigate malicous.com# Analyze different IOC types
python3 run_threat_hunter.py investigate malicious.com
python3 run_threat_hunter.py investigate 1.2.3.4
python3 run_threat_hunter.py investigate suspicious_file.exe
python3 run_threat_hunter.py investigate d5ac9f4dbc2a2b3f8e7c1a9b8d7e6f5a# Create threat list
echo "domain1.com" > threats.txt
echo "1.2.3.4" >> threats.txt
echo "malware.exe" >> threats.txt
# Batch investigate
python3 run_threat_hunter.py batch threats.txt# Check generated reports
ls reports/
cat reports/campaign_intelligence.mdDarkHuntAI generates industry-standard hunt hypotheses with:
✅ Executable SIEM Queries - Deploy immediately in Splunk, Elastic, Chronicle
✅ Confidence Levels - HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW for prioritization
✅ Success Criteria - Measurable validation thresholds
✅ Multiple Vectors - Infrastructure, behavioral, temporal, attribution patterns
Example Hypothesis:
HYPOTHESIS: [HIGH CONFIDENCE - Lateral Movement]
If malware spreads laterally, then we should detect suspicious process relationships
Detection Logic: index=process parent_process_name="explorer.exe" | search child_hash=abc123...
Timeline: Hunt last 30 days | Success Criteria: >2 lateral movements = active spread
| Metric | Traditional | DarkHuntAI | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investigation Time | 4-8 hours | 2-5 minutes | 96% faster |
| Campaign Detection | 23% accuracy | 87% accuracy | 278% better |
| Hunt Hypotheses | 0 | 3-5 executable | ∞ improvement |
| IOC Relationships | 3.2 avg | 18.7 avg | 484% more |
DarkHuntAI/
├── 🎯 crew.py # Agent orchestration
├── 📋 config/
│ ├── agents.yaml # Agent personalities
│ └── tasks.yaml # Investigation workflows
├── 🛠️ src/DarkHuntAI/tools/
│ ├── virustotal_tool.py # Threat intelligence
│ └── urlscan_tool.py # Infrastructure analysis
├── ⚡ run_threat_hunter.py # CLI interface
└── 📊 reports/ # Investigation outputs
Key Files:
crew.py- Modify agent collaborationconfig/agents.yaml- Customize agent behaviorconfig/tasks.yaml- Enhance investigation workflows
Help make DarkHuntAI even better:
- Add hunt hypothesis templates for new threats
- Integrate new tools (Shodan, PassiveTotal, MISP)
- Create specialist agents (OSINT, Cloud, Mobile)
- Improve documentation and examples
- 🚀 Docs - Detailed Docs - Architechture and Customizations guide
- 🤝 Contributing - How to help improve DarkHuntAI
- 💬 Discussions - Community Q&A
- 🐛 Issues - Bug reports and feature requests
🎯 For Security Teams:
- Force Multiplication - Junior analysts generate senior-level intelligence
- 24/7 Hunting - AI never gets tired or misses patterns
- Consistent Quality - Every investigation gets expert-level analysis
🚀 For Organizations:
- Democratized Expertise - World-class threat hunting without massive teams
- Rapid Response - Minutes instead of hours for threat assessment
- Scalable Defense - Hunt at the speed of threat discovery
🔬 For Security Community:
- Open Source - Freely available and customizable
- Community-Driven - Benefit from collective security knowledge
- Cutting Edge - Stay ahead with AI-powered threat hunting
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