Missing a single indicator in today’s threat landscape can mean missing a breach entirely. Indicator of compromise (IoC) hunting therefore remains a key cybersecurity defense, despite advances in behavioral analytics. IoCs are digital traces such as suspicious IP addresses, malicious file hashes or registry modifications that act as breadcrumbs leading to a larger attack surface. But identifying an IoC is only the beginning. The real skill lies in pivoting: the expansion of a single clue into a broader network of related indicators. This technique allows analysts to uncover hidden attacker infrastructure, detect lateral movement and connect disparate events into cohesive threat narratives.