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abuse.ch

Fighting malware and botnets through community-driven threat intelligence

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About

abuse.ch is a non-profit cybersecurity project that operates six public platforms for sharing and accessing malware and botnet threat intelligence. Supported by a community of 15,000 specialist researchers and partnered with Spamhaus, it provides crowdsourced data including malware samples, C2 trackers, malicious URLs, SSL blocklists, and YARA rules. The platforms are used by security researchers, network operators, and law enforcement agencies worldwide.

Problem

Security professionals need reliable, up-to-date threat intelligence on malware and botnets to protect networks and respond to cyber threats.

For

Security researchers, network operators, IT security experts, and law enforcement agencies

How it works

abuse.ch operates six specialized community-driven platforms where researchers can contribute and consume threat intelligence data including malware samples, C2 indicators, malicious URLs, SSL fingerprints, and YARA rules.

Business model

free

Status

launched

Launched

2008

Founders

  • Roman Hüssy

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