Proactive Zero-Day Threat Hunting Without the Manual Grind

Zero-day threats are a nightmare for security teams. They don’t come with signatures. They hide in obfuscated code, execute in unexpected ways, and often slip past even the most well-tuned detection stacks. Traditional sandboxing and rule-based tools simply can’t keep up. 

Here’s the real challenge: 
Zero-day malware is built to evade. It doesn’t behave like known threats. That leaves your team relying on time-consuming reverse engineering and noisy alert triage to uncover anything truly novel. As a result, many threats go undetected until it’s too late—and even if flagged, they’re often miscategorized or deprioritized in the chaos. 

Let’s walk through a real-world example: 

A threat hunter notices a strange outbound DNS pattern in the logs. It doesn’t match any known IOCs. There’s no malware alert tied to it—yet it just feels off. They manage to extract a suspicious executable from a user endpoint and submit it to CodeHunter for automated behavioral analysis. 

Within minutes, CodeHunter executes the file in a safe environment, analyzes static and dynamic behavior, and flags the executable as malicious. The verdict is backed by detailed behavior chains: DNS tunneling activity, file system manipulation, and privilege escalation, all hallmarks of a sophisticated zero-day backdoor. 

The analyst receives: 

• A clear verdict ("Malicious") 

• Mapped TTPs to MITRE ATT&CK 

• Extracted IOCs: file hashes and  network indicators 

• Suggested remediation steps tailored to the observed behavior 

Armed with this data, the team isolates the threat, hunts for lateral movement, and blocks associated infrastructure—all before the attacker can move further inside the network. 

Why CodeHunter Makes the Difference 

CodeHunter is purpose-built for uncovering unknown malware like zero-day threats. It doesn't wait for signatures, threat feeds, or prior intel. Instead, it uses patented static, dynamic, and AI behavioral analysis to inspect suspicious files based on what they do, not what they’re called. 

Whether you're submitting a script, executable, document, or archive file, CodeHunter delivers: 

• Proactive zero-day detection—no signatures required 

• Automated reverse engineering without the overhead 

• Detailed forensic artifacts, including IOCs and behavioral timelines 

• Context-rich intelligence mapped to MITRE ATT&CK 

• Seamless integrations with your EDR, SIEM, and XDR workflows 

The Results Speak for Themselves 

Zero-day threats don’t wait—and with CodeHunter, your team doesn’t have to either. Find out how CodeHunter can reduce your SOC team’s investigation time for zero-day threats to less than 15 minutes here.