Awesome Malware Datasets

   

Contents

• Operating System Based
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Android
• Specific Dataset
  • APTs
  • Network
  • Online Malware Sharing Platforms
  • Rootkits

Operating System Based

Linux

• Dataset of packed ELF files - This dataset was made from a set of 482 not packed cleanware including executable and object files coming from /usr/bin from a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20.04.
• Virus Samples - Linux Malware Sample Archive including various types of malicious ELF binaries and viruses.

Windows

• Dataset of packed PE files - Dataset of packed PE samples.

Android

• CICAndMal2017 - CICAndMal2017 is a publicly available Android malware dataset created by the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC) at the University of New Brunswick (UNB).
• Virus Samples - Android Malware Samples

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Specific Dataset

APTs

• APT Malware Dataset - APT Malware Dataset Containing over 3,500 State-Sponsored Malware Samples

Network

• Malrec Dataset - The Malrec Dataset is a significant and highly specialized malware dataset that offers a unique approach to malware analysis. Developed through a collaboration between NYU, Georgia Tech, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, its core innovation lies in its method of data collection.
• malware-traffic-analysis.net - malware-traffic-analysis.net is a highly regarded and specialized website dedicated to sharing packet capture (PCAP) files and malware samples.

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Online Malware Sharing Platforms

• Contagio - Contagio is a collection of the historic malware samples, threats, observations, and analyses.
• MalShare - The MalShare Project is a collaborative effort to create a community driven public malware repository that works to build additional tools to benefit the security community at large.
• MalwareBazaar - MalwareBazaar is a platform from abuse.ch and Spamhaus, dedicated to sharing malware samples with the infosec community, antivirus vendors, and threat intelligence providers.
• The Malware Museum - The Malware Museum is a collection of malware programs, usually viruses, that were distributed in the 1980s and 1990s on home computers.
• Virus Samples - Virus Samples collection of actual malicious software files. These platforms are generally used by cybersecurity researchers, analysts, and professionals for specific purposes, not for the general public to download and interact with.
• VX Underground - VX Underground is a prominent educational website and online repository dedicated to malware and cybersecurity. It's widely known for its extensive collection of malware samples, source code, and related research papers.
• VXvault - VXvault is a threat intelligence platform that specializes in the collection and analysis of malware samples, indicators of compromise (IoCs), and associated threat data.

Rootkits

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Fileless Malware

Polymorphic Malware

Metamorphic Malware

Evasive (Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion) Malware

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Contributors

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