MalwareBazaar

Extensive Malware Sample Collection: A massive and constantly updated database of malware samples.

Real-Time Submissions: Malware samples are submitted and processed in real-time, providing the latest threat information.

Comprehensive Metadata: Rich metadata associated with each sample, including file hashes (MD5, SHA1, SHA256), file type, file size, submitter information, and tags.

YARA Rule Integration: Ability to search for malware samples based on YARA rules, enabling identification of malware families and variants. You can learn more about YARA rules here.

IOC Extraction: Automated extraction of IOCs, such as IP addresses, domain names, and URLs, associated with malware samples.

API Access: A comprehensive API allows for programmatic access to the database, enabling integration with security tools and workflows.

User-Friendly Web Interface: An intuitive web interface for searching, browsing, and analyzing malware samples.

Community Contributions: Encourages community participation through sample submissions and analysis contributions. You can even upload malware samples.

Threat Hunting: Security analysts can use MalwareBazaar to hunt for specific malware families or variants based on file hashes, YARA rules, or IOCs. Learn more about threat hunting with MalwareBazaar.

Incident Response: During incident response, MalwareBazaar can provide valuable information about identified malware, including its capabilities, origin, and associated infrastructure.

Malware Analysis: Researchers and analysts can download malware samples from MalwareBazaar for in-depth analysis in sandboxes or virtual machines. The latest malware submissions are available for review.

Signature Development: Security vendors can use MalwareBazaar to develop and improve their detection signatures for malware.

Threat Intelligence Enrichment: Security teams can enrich their existing threat intelligence feeds with data from MalwareBazaar, improving the accuracy and completeness of their threat assessments.

Security Awareness Training: Use real-world examples of malware to educate employees about potential threats and how to avoid them.

Free and Open Access: Unlike many commercial threat intelligence feeds, MalwareBazaar provides free access to its entire database, making it accessible to organizations of all sizes.

Community-Driven: The platform relies on contributions from the security community, ensuring a diverse and up-to-date collection of malware samples.

Focus on Real-Time Submissions: MalwareBazaar prioritizes the timely submission and processing of malware samples, providing near real-time threat intelligence. Check the MalwareBazaar statistics for updated data.

Strong API Support: The comprehensive API allows for seamless integration with existing security tools and workflows, automating threat intelligence gathering and analysis.

Non-Profit Organization: Being run by abuse.ch, a non-profit, ensures that the platform's primary goal is to combat malware and cybercrime, rather than profit maximization. You can learn more about abuse.ch and their other projects here.

Security Analysts: For threat hunting, incident response, and malware analysis.

Incident Responders: To quickly identify and understand malware involved in security incidents.

Threat Intelligence Teams: To enrich existing threat intelligence feeds and improve threat assessments.

Malware Researchers: For in-depth analysis of malware samples and development of detection techniques.

Security Vendors: To improve their detection signatures and protect their customers from malware threats.

Students and Educators: To learn about malware analysis and threat intelligence.