Hypotheses for your setup
Specific attacker behaviors chosen for your tools and sector, each mapped to a MITRE ATT&CK technique.
The Problem
Quiet Alerts Don't Prove Nobody Is Inside Your Network
It shows up after a peer gets breached, an odd admin sign-in appears, or an insurer asks how you'd know if an attacker had been inside for weeks.
01 · Quiet alerts
An empty alert queue gets read as proof of safety.
Hypothesis hunts look for what rules miss, one technique at a time.
02 · Built-in tools
Attackers use PowerShell and admin tools that rarely trigger alerts.
We search command lines, scheduled tasks, and admin logins for misuse.
03 · Short data window
Raw endpoint data rolls off after a few weeks.
We hunt early in the window and add a collector where data is missing.
04 · Lessons lost
Hunts end as reports, and detection stays the same.
Each confirmed finding becomes a detection rule in your own tools.
Your EDR shows green and the alert queue is empty, so everything looks fine. But attackers who use stolen passwords and built-in tools like PowerShell don't always trip rules. A service account was created on a Sunday, and nobody remembers why. A mailbox quietly forwards copies of invoices to an outside address. Your raw endpoint data only goes back a few weeks, and nobody has searched it once. Quiet alerts tell you what your rules caught, not what they missed.
We start with hypotheses: specific ways an attacker would operate in your setup, each mapped to a MITRE ATT&CK technique. Then we search your own EDR and log data for traces of each one, adding a temporary collector where data is missing. Every confirmed finding becomes a detection rule, so the same trick raises an alert next time. You end with an answer and better coverage, not just a report.
Hypotheses, not guesswork
Each hunt tests a specific attacker behavior mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, chosen for your setup.
Your own data first
We search the EDR and logs you already have, adding a collector only where gaps exist.
Findings become detections
Every confirmed finding gets a rule, so the same technique alerts automatically next time.
Our Threat Hunting Services Process
From Hypotheses to New Detections in Five Clear Steps
You approve the hypotheses, the data we'll search, and how we escalate a live finding, then review results and new rules with us at the readout.
We ask what worries you, which tools and logs you have, and how far back the data goes. You get a hunt plan, a fixed price, and the escalation path for a live finding. If your MDR provider already hunts for you, we'll tell you before we quote.
What's Included
What You Get With Cyber Threat Hunting Services
Written hypotheses, searches across endpoint, identity, email, and cloud data, a persistence and account review, new detection rules, and a report your team can rerun.
Compare Options
DeveloperLook vs EDR Alerts Alone vs Hunts Bundled With MDR
EDR alerts catch known attacks at no extra cost, and some MDR plans include hunting. Threat hunting solutions differ in depth, data coverage, and what you keep afterwards.
| Feature | DeveloperLookBest fit | EDR alerts alone | Bundled MDR hunts |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it finds | Attacks your rules missed | Known malicious behavior | Patterns seen across many clients |
| Driven by | Hypotheses for your setup | Vendor detection logic | Provider's own playbook |
| Data searched | Endpoint, identity, email, and cloud | Endpoint only | Usually endpoint data |
| Missing telemetry | Temporary collector added | Not addressed | Varies by provider |
| Output | Report, queries, and new rules | Alerts | Summary in a portal |
| Frequency | When you need it | Continuous | Continuous or monthly |
| You keep | Queries, rules, and documentation | Alert history | Depends on the contract |
| Cost | From $1,200 per hunt | Included in the license | Inside the MDR fee |
DeveloperLook
EDR alerts alone
- What it finds
- DeveloperLook: Attacks your rules missedEDR alerts alone: Known malicious behavior
- Driven by
- DeveloperLook: Hypotheses for your setupEDR alerts alone: Vendor detection logic
- Data searched
- DeveloperLook: Endpoint, identity, email, and cloudEDR alerts alone: Endpoint only
- Missing telemetry
- DeveloperLook: Temporary collector addedEDR alerts alone: Not addressed
- Output
- DeveloperLook: Report, queries, and new rulesEDR alerts alone: Alerts
- Frequency
- DeveloperLook: When you need itEDR alerts alone: Continuous
- You keep
- DeveloperLook: Queries, rules, and documentationEDR alerts alone: Alert history
- Cost
- DeveloperLook: From $1,200 per huntEDR alerts alone: Included in the license
Projects We've Built
Healthcare and Education Platforms We Have Built
Medical and e-learning platforms we built that hold patient and student records, the kind of data attackers quietly go after.
LifePulse Medical Web Design & Development
- Medical
- Booking System
- Dashboard
MediPulse Medical App Design & Development
- Medical
- Booking System
- Dashboard
Gradely E-Learning Website Design & Development
- Education
- Dashboard
- Membership Platform
Edutech E-Learning Web Design & Development
- Education
- Dashboard
- E-commerce
What Our Clients Say
What Clients Say After Launch
Feedback from teams we have built apps, platforms, and websites for.
We had a pretty specific idea of what we wanted our website to become, but I wasn’t sure how easily we could explain all of it to a development team. There were quite a few moving parts, and we were working toward a deadline, so I expected a few things to get lost along the way. That never really happened. They understood what we were trying to achieve, kept us updated throughout the process, and got everything ready within the agreed timeline. The final site feels much easier to navigate, works beautifully on mobile, and is noticeably smoother for our customers. It was a huge relief seeing the original idea actually turn into the website we had in mind.
The mobile experience is probably my favourite part of the new site. We had spent a lot of time making sure the desktop version looked right, and the team kept pushing us to think about how everything would actually feel on a phone too. They were right. The navigation is clean, the interactions feel natural, and everything we’ve tested so far works exactly as it should. They also went through the links, forms, integrations, and other details more than once before launch, which I really appreciated. And even after going live, we could still reach out when something came up. The whole process felt friendly, organised, and surprisingly straightforward.
What I appreciate most is that the website is actually easy for us to manage now. We can update content ourselves instead of sending a developer a message every time we need to change something small. They also paid attention to the technical SEO side, which mattered to us because we didn’t want a new website to create problems for the traffic we already had. I’ve probably asked more questions than I should have since launch, but every question has been handled patiently and without any fuss. The team is easy to work with, they explain things clearly, and when we need something changed, they focus on getting it done rather than making the process complicated.
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Average review score
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Work Culture
Why IT Teams Let Us Search Their Systems
A hunt means reading sign-ins, command lines, and mailbox rules. These habits keep our access read-only, our findings backed by evidence, and your staff calm.
Read-only by default
We hunt with read access and change nothing in your systems during the search. Any fix waits for your written approval.
Evidence for every claim
Each finding comes with the log lines, timestamps, and queries that prove it. You can verify our conclusions without taking our word for them.
A plan for live finds
Before we start, we agree who to call if we find an active intruder. Your incident response plan, not panic, decides what happens next.
Clean results said plainly
If a hypothesis finds nothing, we say so and show what we searched. A clean result is useful, and we don't inflate findings to justify the fee.
Hunts you can repeat
Every query we write is handed over inside your own tools. Your team, or ours, can rerun the same hunt in 6 months.
Collectors removed after
Temporary hunt agents come off your devices when the work ends. You get a removal check, so nothing of ours stays behind.
Overview
How do threat hunting services work for a small or midsize company?
DeveloperLook runs threat hunting services for small and midsize companies that want to know whether an attacker is already inside. We test hypotheses mapped to MITRE ATT&CK against your EDR and log data, review persistence and admin accounts, and turn each confirmed finding into a detection rule. Hunts start at $1,200 and take 1 to 5 weeks.
DEVELOPERLOOK
Project facts · Threat Hunting Services
- Service
- Threat Hunting Services (hypothesis hunts, compromise review, new detections)
- Typical timeline
- 1 to 2 weeks focused, 3 to 5 weeks for larger hunts
- Platforms
- Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, AWS, and Azure
- Built with
- KQL, Velociraptor, Sigma rules, MITRE ATT&CK, and Atomic Red Team
- Experience
- 10+ years of development experience and 1,250+ shipped projects
- Post-launch support
- Readout call, plus 30 days of follow-up questions
- Communication
- Calls in US, UK, and AU business hours
- Starting price
- From $1,200 USD, fixed scope after a free scoping call
Reviewed 23 Oct 2026 by Saimul Islam
Good fit
Teams after a peer's breach
You just learned a company in your sector was breached through the VPN you also run, and you want a proactive search before assuming you're clean.
Firms with EDR nobody queries
You pay for an EDR with hunting features, but nobody on your team has time to write queries or knows what to look for.
Buyers checking an acquisition
You're about to acquire or merge with a company, and you want a hunt across its systems before you connect the networks.
IT leads after a strange event
Your admin saw an odd sign-in or a service account nobody created, and you want an expert search before deciding it's nothing.
Teams comparing hunt providers
You're comparing threat hunting companies and want one that hunts in your own tools and hands back every query and rule it wrote.
Not a fit
Attack in progress right now
Files are being encrypted or an attacker is active right now. Call your incident response provider or your insurer's hotline first, and hunt after containment.
Need daily alert handling
You need someone to work your EDR alerts every day, not a one-time search. Our managed detection and response team handles that, from $600 a month.
No EDR or logs yet
You have no EDR and keep very few logs, so there's little to search. Our managed endpoint security service puts EDR on every device first, from $300 a month.
Want threat news, not a search
You want to know which attacks target your sector each month. Our threat intelligence services cover that, from $700 a month.
Not sure we're the right fit?
Book a free call or message us. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
Pricing
Transparent Starting Prices for Threat Hunting Services
These are starting points in USD. Your final price depends on the number of hypotheses, data sources, and environments, and you get a fixed proposal after a free scoping call.
For small teams that want one environment checked for signs of an intruder, in 1 to 2 weeks.
$1,200one-time, USD
- Up to 5 hunt hypotheses
- Existing EDR or log data searched
- Persistence and admin account review
- Findings report with evidence
- New detection rule for each finding
- Readout call and 30 days of follow-up
Recommended
For growing companies with endpoints, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, and cloud accounts to check.
$2,800one-time, USD
- Everything in Focused Hunt
- Up to 12 hypotheses across endpoint, identity, email, and cloud
- Temporary collector where telemetry is missing
- Mailbox rule and OAuth app review
- Cloud sign-in and admin activity review
- Leadership summary
For companies with several sites or tenants, or a past incident they want fully ruled out.
$5,300one-time, USD
- Everything in Full Compromise Hunt
- Up to 25 hypotheses across sites and tenants
- Attack simulation to test new detections
- Detection gap map against MITRE ATT&CK
- Up to 10 hours of hardening fixes
- Repeat hunt 90 days later
For Agencies
White-Label Threat Hunts for Agencies and IT Providers
You own the client relationship. We supply the hunting behind it: hypotheses, searches across the client's data, new detection rules, and a report in your format. Your clients get an expert hunt without you hiring a specialist analyst.
How the partnership works
White label: your client only ever sees your brand
- Your client
- You, the agency
- DeveloperLook
Share the concern
Send the client's tools, logs, and what prompted the hunt in the first place.
- Client needs
- You share the details
- Details received
We plan the hunt
You get hypotheses, a data plan, and a fixed project price.
- Scope and plan
- Proposal to resell
- Your quoteYOUR LOGO
We hunt and report
We search, write new rules, and report under your brand.
- Done by our team
- Your brand on it
- Handed to your clientDone
Partner with DeveloperLookDelivered under your brand
Stay client-facing
You present the findings while we run the hunt quietly.
Evidence-backed findings
Every finding includes log evidence your client can check.
Your branding on reports
Hunt reports carry your logo, wording, and recommendations.
Hunts on demand
Book a hunt per client, after an incident or before a renewal.
The Right Technology for Your Project
Technology Stack
We hunt in the tools you already run and add open-source collectors only where your data has gaps, so every query stays usable after we leave.
- Microsoft Defender XDR
- CrowdStrike Falcon
- SentinelOne
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Elastic Security
- Velociraptor
- osquery
- Sysmon
- Windows Event Forwarding
- MITRE ATT&CK
- KQL
- Sigma rules
- YARA
- Atomic Red Team
- MITRE Caldera
- Purple team checklists
- PowerShell
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers on pricing, hunt length, what hunters do, techniques, cloud hunting, and the role of AI.
Saimul IslamFounder & CEO, DeveloperLookStill have questions?
Send a message or book a call with the team.
A focused hunt with DeveloperLook costs $1,200 for up to 5 hypotheses in one environment, with new detection rules and a readout. The $2,800 hunt covers 12 hypotheses across endpoint, identity, email, and cloud. The $5,300 hunt adds attack simulation, a gap map, hardening fixes, and a repeat hunt 90 days later.
A focused hunt takes 1 to 2 weeks from access to readout. Hunts across endpoint, identity, email, and cloud take 3 to 5 weeks, mostly because every lead gets followed to an answer. We start soon after kickoff, because some EDR tools keep only a few weeks of raw data.
Threat hunting is a proactive search for attackers who have already slipped past your automated defenses. Instead of waiting for an alert, a hunter starts from a hypothesis about how an attacker might operate, then searches logs and device data for traces of it. A hunt ends with findings, or with evidence the behavior didn't happen.
In cyber security, hunting is the human layer on top of automated detection. Tools flag what matches known rules, and hunters look for what doesn't, such as legitimate admin tools used at odd hours. Findings feed back into detection rules, so each hunt makes the automated layer smarter.
Cyber threat hunting is the same practice applied across all digital systems: endpoints, identities, email, networks, and cloud accounts. The term is common in vendor and job listings. What matters is scope, so ask any provider which data sources their hunts cover and how far back that data goes.
Proactive hunting means searching before any alert or incident tells you to. The opposite is reactive investigation, which starts after something has gone wrong. Proactive hunts are usually prompted by intelligence or by change. Teams that want hunts on a schedule buy managed threat hunting, also sold as threat hunting as a service.
Cloud threat hunting searches cloud audit and sign-in logs for attacker activity. Sources include Microsoft Entra ID sign-ins, Microsoft 365 audit records, AWS CloudTrail, and Azure activity logs. Typical hypotheses include risky OAuth app consents, new access keys, and mailbox rules forwarding mail outside. Much of this data has short default retention, so timing matters.
The main techniques are hypothesis hunting, indicator searches, and baseline comparison. Hypothesis hunting tests one attacker behavior at a time. Indicator searches look for known bad hashes, domains, or IP addresses from intelligence. Baseline comparison finds what's rare in your environment, such as a program running on only one laptop.
A threat hunter writes hypotheses, queries endpoint and log data, and follows leads until each one is explained. They need to know how attackers work and how normal admin activity looks in your systems. When they confirm something, they document the evidence, turn it into a detection rule, and escalate active threats.
AI helps hunters work faster, but it doesn't replace their judgment. It can draft queries, summarize long event timelines, and group rare behavior for review. Its suggestions still need checking against raw evidence, because models can miss context or invent links. Treat it as a fast assistant and keep people confirming every finding.
Saimul IslamFounder & CEO, DeveloperLookStill have questions?
Send a message or book a call with the team.
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