---
name: performing-threat-hunting-with-yara-rules
description: >
  Use YARA pattern-matching rules to hunt for malware, suspicious files, and
  indicators of compromise across filesystems and memory dumps. Covers rule
  authoring, yara-python scanning, and integration with threat intel feeds.
domain: cybersecurity
subdomain: threat-hunting
tags: [yara, malware-detection, threat-hunting, pattern-matching]
version: "1.0"
author: mahipal
license: Apache-2.0
---

# Performing Threat Hunting with YARA Rules

Scan files, directories, and memory dumps using YARA rules to identify
malware families, suspicious patterns, and IOC matches.
