Malware Sample Sources for Researchers
Malware researchers have the need to collect malware samples to research threat techniques and develop defenses. Researchers can . They can also download samples from. They can also obtain malware samples from the following sources:
- : Free; password required
- : Free; registration required
- : Free
- : Free; registration required
- : Free; registration required
- : Commercial
- : Free; provides links to live sites; may include benign files
- : Free; provides links to potentially-malicious executables shared on Twitter
- : Free
- : Free
- : Free
Be careful not to infect yourself when accessing and experimenting with malicious software!
Thanks to Mila for outlining many of these sources in.
My other lists of on-line security resources outline and .