Hands-On Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity

Getting malware samples

In the course of our analysis, we will refer mainly to the malware codes developed for the Microsoft Windows platform, as we have a considerable amount of examples available, given the popularity of this platform.

Anyway, a question often asked is: where can we get malware samples from?

There are several sources available online from which to download malware examples, include the following:

• MALWARE-TRAFFIC-ANALYSIS.NET: https://www.malware-traffic-analysis.net/
• VIRUSTOTAL: https://www.virustotal.com
• VirusShare: https://virusshare.com
• theZoo: https://github.com/ytisf/theZoo (defined by the authors as a repository of live malware for your own joy and pleasure)

It is also possible to create your own sample datasets, ...