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Malware detection

that outperforms VirusTotal.

Discover Recorded Future's AI-powered analysis and threat attribution—powered by dynamic sandboxing and automated YARA rules. Accelerate your malware detection and response times.

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Don’t get locked into a single ecosystem.

You don’t need to migrate to a large vendor and pay up to 3x more to keep your malware analysis tools—, especially if you’re not going to get meaningful improvements in context, automation, or other capabilities.

Recorded Future's Malware Intelligence is part of our unified and leading Threat Intelligence Module. Get more out of your malware detection with greater functionality and adaptability plus more integrations into your existing security stack than you’d get with standalone alternatives.

How Recorded Future compares to VirusTotal Enterprise.

See how integrated Malware Intelligence stacks up against your existing malware scanner.

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VirusTotal Enterprise

Dynamic sandboxing with dropped file execution

Includes behavior analysis of 1.5M+ files daily and C2 tracking for full visibility

Multi-sandbox, but no dropped file detonation

Natural Language Search (NLS)

Ability to ask contextual questions

Only supports keyword-based queries

Enhanced search by NLS, TTPs, IOCs, and behaviors

Real-time context on malware, threat actors, and IOCs

Only performs search by YARA rules or IOCs

Auto YARA rule creation

Unlimited auto-generated YARA rules to eliminate manual rule writing and identify emerging malware families Learn more

Manual creation with basic pattern suggestions

Risk scoring

Contextual and dynamic Recorded Future Risk Score based on malware traits

Static count of AV engine detections

Native threat attribution and integrated threat context

Connects malware to threat actors, MITRE TTPs, and infrastructure for full attack chain insight

Completely reliant on Google CTI for context

Prioritized alerting

Alerts based on behaviors, malware traits, or actor TTPs

Alerts only from asset watchlists (VT Alerts) and YARA rule matches (Livehunt)

Vendor-neutral integrations

Flexible APIs and integration with Google Secops (Google Chronicle), Splunk Enterprise, Sentinel, Palo Alto, and more

Limited integrations with manual scripting required to support more

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Discover what your organization can do with the Malware Intelligence solution.

Malware Intelligence Demos

  • Use Malware Hunting to search for novel or trending malware samples
  • Easily set-up alerts for new malware samples that fit specific static or behavioral characteristics
  • Quickly generate YARA rules using Auto YARA to expand IR and threat hunting capabilities

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Free sandbox tool

Discover the depth and breadth of intelligence we provide in malware analysis and the Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud®.

Upload and analyze malware samples in a customizable environment that offers detections and configuration extraction for a number of malware families.

See what our customers are saying.

  • One thing that sets Malware Intelligence apart is how helpful the rule/search creation is, and how easy it is to pivot into the actual sandbox reports—that’s extremely useful.

    Security Engineer

    Large Enterprise Internet Software & Services Company

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  • Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

    Large Enterprise Banks Company

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  • VirusTotal’s sandbox lacked the detail we needed. With Recorded Future, we gain deep insights into command lines, signatures, and process behaviors.

    SOC Manager

    Airline Security Operations Center

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  • We identified a live C2 marked clean by VirusTotal. Recorded Future confirmed it was malicious—helping us uncover a critical blind spot.

    Comprehensive Cancer Institution

    Specialized Consulting Firm

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Get in touch with one of our experts for a customized, no-obligation demo of Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud and explore how AI-powered malware analysis and threat attribution can benefit your team.

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