Malware Sample Sources for Researchers

Malware researchers have the need to collect malware samples to research threat techniques and develop defenses. Researchers can collect such samples using honeypots. They can also download samples from known malicious URLs. They can also obtain malware samples from the following sources:

• Contagio Malware Dump: Free; password required
• Das Malwerk: Free
• KernelMode.info: Free; registration required
• MalShare: Free; registration required
• Malware.lu’s AVCaesar: Free; registration required
• MalwareBlacklist: Free; registration required
• Malware DB: Free
• Malwr: Free; registration required
• Open Malware: Free
• theZoo aka Malware DB: Free
• Virusign: Free
• VirusShare: Free

Be careful not to infect yourself when accessing and experimenting with malicious software!

https://zeltser.com/malware-sample-sources/