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The C2 You Didn’t See Coming: Redefining Stealth

The C2 You Didn’t See Coming: Redefining Stealth

Source: YouTube · SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response · published Apr 2, 2026 · 27:46

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This video discusses the rise of next-generation command and control (C2) techniques used by threat actors, presented by researchers from Palo Alto Networks' Cortex team 0:44.

Key Takeaways:
• The presentation focuses on sophisticated predator communications and C2 methods, which are among the most challenging aspects for cybersecurity professionals 0:09.
• Speaker Leor is a Principal Threat Researcher specializing in threat hunting, malware analysis, and tracking nation-state Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) 0:21.
• Co-speaker Tom Factor focuses his daily work on malware analysis and threat hunting within the same Cortex research team 0:32.
• The session is structured to begin with an overview of the global threat landscape before diving into specific C2 challenges 0:56.

The talk sets the stage for a deeper technical analysis of how advanced threat actors are evolving their C2 infrastructures to evade detection.

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  • 0:09 Introduction to sophisticated predator communications
  • 0:21 Leor's background in threat hunting and nation-state APT tracking
  • 0:32 Tom Factor's introduction and malware analysis focus
  • 0:44 Topic of next-generation command and control techniques
  • 0:56 Plan to explore the global threat landscape

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Hi everyone. So thank you for joining us today both here in person and virtually. So today we'll be talking about um the mo one of the most sophisticated and challenging aspect that we see in predators su communications. So my name is Leor. I'm a principal thread researcher at the cortex thread research team in power auto networks. I specialize in thread hunting, malware analysis and tracking nation state abs. And >> my name is Tom factor. I work in le with leor in the cort extract research team. In my dayto-day I do mostly malware analysis and a threat hunting. >> So uh today we'll talk about one of the most challenging aspect facing cyber security professionals the rise of next uh gen command next generation command control technique. We'll start by exploring the global threat landscape.…