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.
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.
Includes behavior analysis of 1.5M+ files daily and C2 tracking for full visibility
Multi-sandbox, but no dropped file detonation
Ability to ask contextual questions
Only supports keyword-based queries
Real-time context on malware, threat actors, and IOCs
Only performs search by YARA rules or IOCs
Unlimited auto-generated YARA rules to eliminate manual rule writing and identify emerging malware families Learn more
Manual creation with basic pattern suggestions
Contextual and dynamic Recorded Future Risk Score based on malware traits
Static count of AV engine detections
Connects malware to threat actors, MITRE TTPs, and infrastructure for full attack chain insight
Completely reliant on Google CTI for context
Alerts based on behaviors, malware traits, or actor TTPs
Alerts only from asset watchlists (VT Alerts) and YARA rule matches (Livehunt)
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
See it in action.
Discover what your organization can do with the Malware Intelligence solution.
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
I have seen a lot of threat hunting products, but the offerings that the Malware Intelligence offer are much better with charts, trends and timelines to compare events.
Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
Large Enterprise Banks Company
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
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
Exploring a move to Malware Intelligence?
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.