MalwareBazaar
FreemiumLiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
Crowdsourced malware sample database: lookup and download samples by hash, YARA rule or ClamAV signature.
Example request
curl -s -H 'Auth-Key: $API_KEY' -d 'query=get_info' -d 'hash=<sha256>' https://mb-api.abuse.ch/api/v1/
Free tier, in plain English
Free community API for fair-use, non-commercial lookups and downloads; commercial/for-profit use may require the paid abuse.ch commercial API.
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