VirusTotal integration
VirusTotal is a free online service that analyzes files and URLs to detect malware and other malicious content. It uses over 70 types of antivirus software and URL blocklisting engineers to provide detailed information about the submitted file, URL, or IP address. VirusTotal allows users to contribute their own findings and submit comments on files and URLs. These contributions can help improve the service’s accuracy and provide valuable insights to other users. VirusTotal provides an API with multiple paid plans. However, it also has a free plan where you can request four lookups per minute with a daily quote of 500 lookups.
In this use case of malware detection, we will use a FIM module to monitor the changes and then trigger VirusTotal to scan the files in that directory. We will cover the following points:
- Set up a VirusTotal account
- Integrate VirusTotal with the Wazuh manager
- Create a Wazuh rule on the Wazuh manager
- Set up a...
