Spamhaus Botnet Threat Update, January to June 2024

9 July 2024

Report

Overall botnet activity decreased between January and June this year by -6%. Cobalt Strike also declined by -41%. Meanwhile, android backdoors were on the rise, with new entries from Hook and Coper. Read the full report.



one.com uses Spamhaus data for multi-layered email protection

12 August 2024

Case Study

Discover how one.com uses Spamhaus data for multi-layered email protection to safeguard its infrastructure, operations, and end users while making the Internet a safer place for everyone. Read on to learn more.

Spamhaus Botnet Threat Update, January to June 2024

9 July 2024

Report

Overall botnet activity decreased between January and June this year by -6%. Cobalt Strike also declined by -41%. Meanwhile, android backdoors were on the rise, with new entries from Hook and Coper. Read the full report.

Using abuse.ch’s URLhaus data for manual investigations and automation with Spamhaus’ Intelligence API

6 June 2024

Blog

With our abuse.ch partnership, Spamhaus is now beginning to release abuse.ch’s data via the Spamhaus Intelligence API. This has started with URLhaus, as a beta release. Utilize the data alongside rich IP and Domain reputation metadata signals - explore how with some example use cases here.

Utilize abuse.ch’s data exposing malicious URLs with Spamhaus Intelligence API

6 June 2024

Blog

From today, abuse.ch’s URLhaus data is available as a beta version for Spamhaus Intelligence API (SIA) users, and Developer License users - learn more in this blog post.

Spamhaus Domain Reputation Update, Oct 2023 – Mar 2023

11 April 2024

Report

Find the latest insights from Spamhaus Project researchers into domain abuse and trends with newly observed domains, in the Spamhaus Domain Reputation Update, Oct 2023 - Mar 2023.

Akéreon tackles shipping spam with Spamhaus’ Data Query Service

6 March 2024

Case Study

Find out how Spamhaus’ Data Query Service (DQS) has assisted Akéreon in spotting which emails to give a wide berth.

Part 2 – Effective strategies against inbound malicious email: using your own data

8 February 2024

Blog

In part two of effective strategies against inbound malicious email. Learn how to determine whether incoming email is malicious by leveraging your own unique email infrastructure data.

Monthly Malware Digest, January 2024

7 February 2024

Report

January saw a 173% increase in new malware sites hosted in India, with a welcome 41% decrease in the US. Mirai is back as the most common malware with 851 samples shared, and there are now 19,292 YARA rules available for hunting on YARAify - find out more in January's malware report.

Spamhaus Botnet Threat Update, Q4 2023

12 January 2024

Report

In Q4 2023, the number of botnet command and control (C&C) servers increased by 16%. China, the United States, and Russia were the countries leading the pack, with a significant spike in Bulgaria, and a disappointing surge in active botnet C&Cs across big-name networks.