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PSFalcon provides access to CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence for threat research, indicator management, and adversary tracking.

Custom Indicators (IOCs)

Understanding Indicator Types

Custom indicators support multiple types:
  • domain: Domain names
  • ipv4, ipv6: IP addresses
  • md5, sha256: File hashes
  • registry: Registry keys
  • username: User account names

Create Custom Indicators

Indicator Actions

1

no_action

Generate a detection but take no preventive action
2

detect

Generate a detection event
3

prevent

Block execution and generate detection
4

allow

Allowlist the indicator (overrides detections)

Search and Manage Indicators

Host Group Scoping

Retroactive Detections

Retrodetect scans host activity history and may generate multiple detections for previously observed indicators. Use this feature carefully in production environments.

Threat Intelligence Reports

Search Intelligence Reports

Download Intelligence Reports

Threat Actors

Search for Actors

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

Indicators from Intelligence

Search Intelligence Indicators

Import Intelligence Indicators as Custom IOCs

Malware Families

Vulnerabilities (CVEs)

Detection Rules

Search Snort/Suricata Rules

YARA Rules

Practical Threat Hunting Workflow

1

Research Threat Actor

2

Identify TTPs

3

Gather Indicators

4

Create Custom IOCs

5

Download Intelligence Reports

6

Hunt for Activity

Automated Intelligence Import

Indicator Management Best Practices

  • Tag indicators by campaign, threat actor, or incident for tracking
  • Use expiration dates to automatically disable time-limited indicators
  • Set appropriate actions (detect vs prevent) based on confidence level
  • Apply retrodetect selectively to avoid alert fatigue
  • Document sources in the description field
  • Use host group scoping for testing before global deployment
False Positive Risk: Always validate intelligence indicators before setting action to prevent. Start with detect to assess impact.

Next Steps

Managing Policies

Configure prevention policies based on threat intelligence

Cloud Security

Extend threat intelligence to cloud environments