We usually use it to explore and monitor malicious campaigns and other such activities. We use the IOCs and YARA rules to implement and monitor attacks, and to detect any suspicious or malicious activities.
We also analyze files privately with VirusTotal's private scanning feature, without sharing them with anyone.
We have been using other platforms as well, but we feel that VirusTotal adds more value to our services, especially since I mostly deal with retail and FinTech.
For retail and FinTech, VirusTotal is mandatory, and we have to be more productive with our website and applications.
So, VirusTotal is a great online service that helps marketers and business people analyze suspicious files, and detect malware and malicious content using antivirus engines and site scanners.
I like the entire functionality, the entire ecosystem and architecture of malware and virus detection is impressive. There are four points:
- VirusTotal is capable of detecting, blocking, and removing viruses and malware.
- It can identify threats and block phishing attempts. This is a great area that I have not explored yet, but I am looking forward to it. Perhaps the tools will be updated in the next release to address this. This is one grey area.
- It can scan the dark web and find if an email ID has been compromised. This is another area that we have not explored yet.
- It helps businesses collect threat data while keeping privacy in mind.
- I have worked with VirusTotal because it easily integrates with over 70 antivirus scanners and blacklisting services. In addition to those, I think there is much scope to improve and add other services or integrations.