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Malware and botnets

New malware download sites as abuse.ch’s URLhaus records them, streamed onto the map, beside the command servers that botnets report to.

Malware and botnets
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What you see

  • Malware sites, placed by the location of their IP address. Click one for the threat, the malware family, the host, its network and how long it has been seen.
  • Botnet command servers from Feodo Tracker. Click one for the malware, address, port, network and when it was last online.

Where the data comes from

  • abuse.ch URLhausMalware distribution sites reported by the security community.
  • abuse.ch Feodo TrackerBotnet command-and-control servers.
  • ip-api.comWhere each address is located.

URLhaus is checked every minute and new sites are pushed straight to the map. Feodo Tracker is read every 5 minutes.

Good to know

  • Locations come from IP geolocation, which shows where an address is registered or hosted, not who is behind it.
  • Botnet servers are pinned at the middle of their hosting country.
  • A listed server is infrastructure, not an attack in progress.

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