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Web of Trust

Anti-Malware

IP/domain/URL reputation

AbuseIPDB

Anti-Malware

IP/domain/URL reputation

CAPEsandbox

Anti-Malware

Malware execution and analysis

MalShare

Anti-Malware

Malware Archive / file sourcing

VirusTotal

Anti-Malware

The VirusTotal API lets you upload and scan files or URLs, access finished scan reports and make automatic comments without the need of using the website interface.

MalwareBazaar

Anti-Malware

Collect and share malware samples

AlienVault Open Threat Exchange (OTX)

Anti-Malware

The OTX DirectConnect API allows you to easily synchronize the Threat Intelligence available in OTX to the tools you use to monitor your environment.

Metacert

Anti-Malware

Metacert Link Flagging

URLhaus

Anti-Malware

Bulk queries and Download Malware Samples

MalDatabase

Anti-Malware

Provide malware datasets and threat intelligence feeds

Web Risk API

Anti-Malware

Detect malicious URLs on your website and in client applications.

URLScan.io

Anti-Malware

Scan and Analyse URLs

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