OPSWAT Research &
Intelligence Center
Your Daily View Into Emerging Malware & Zero-Day Threats
View daily insights into the evolving threat landscape—powered by global malware telemetry and AI-powered threat analysis.
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Package Efficacy Report
This report lists the most searched-for threats from the MetaDefender Cloud database over the past month, along with detection rates for our MetaDefender Core Packages.

Anti-malware Market Share Report
Obtain market share data for leading anti-malware and next-gen antivirus vendors, including their top products.

Deep CDR™ Technology Report
This report shares data on infected files cleaned by OPSWAT MetaDefender Cloud, based on samples from customers and community members.

Deep CDR™ Technology: SE Labs Accuracy Report
OPSWAT achieves a groundbreaking 100% rating in SE Labs' Content Disarm & Reconstruction Test.

Venak Security's AMSTSO Test
Validated speed & security: Venak Security’s AMTSO-Aligned Test confirms MetaDefender Aether leadership.

Ponemon Institute State of File Security
Essential insights IT and cybersecurity leaders need to know now.

2025 OPSWAT Threat Landscape Report
Global Cyberattack Trends Require Actionable Intelligence for Better Protection

2025 ICS/OT Cybersecurity Budget: Spending Trends, Challenges and the Future
Uncovering OT Cybersecurity Spending

Why Multi-Layered Defense is Critical in Application Security
Uncover Expert Strategies for Strengthening Your Cyber Defenses

Email Security Threats Against Critical Infrastructure
Discover key findings from 250+ IT security leaders in the 2024 Global Email Security Report
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The Threat Landscape Moves Faster Than Traditional Intelligence
The OPSWAT Research & Intelligence Center provides a window into:
- Emerging malware trends
- Unknown and suspicious file activity
- Zero-day threat patterns
- Global attack techniques targeting enterprises
All powered by real-world file analysis and threat telemetry.

See Threats As They Emerge
Insights include:
- Newly discovered malware variants
- Detection trends across security engines
- Suspicious file behavior patterns
- Emerging attacker techniques
Security teams can monitor how threats evolve and understand how attackers attempt to bypass security controls.

How the Intelligence Is Generated
A Unified Pipeline That Turns Unknown Files Into Actionable Intelligence
OPSWAT Research & Intelligence Center insights are powered by MetaDefender Aether, a unified four-layer zero-day detection pipeline that combines threat reputation, adaptive sandboxing, threat scoring, and ML-based similarity search to produce a single, consolidated verdict per file.

Pre-Execution Intelligence That Gets Smarter from Real Zero-Days
Alongside Aether, Predictive Alin AI adds a Pre-Execution intelligence layer that analyzes structural and behavioral indicators before runtime, enabling detection of malicious intent without requiring file detonation. This allows AI-driven verdicts to be generated within milliseconds.

Threat Intelligence From a Global Security Community
The OPSWAT Research & Intelligence Center surfaces insights derived from the FileScan.io threat analysis community.
Security professionals and researchers use this platform to:
- Analyze suspicious files
- Investigate malware samples
- Explore multi-layer threat analysis results
- Understand emerging attack techniques
This growing dataset allows security teams to observe threat patterns across industries and geographies.
The result: collective threat intelligence that benefits the entire security ecosystem.

Turn Threat Data Into Defensive Advantage
Security leaders, analysts, and researchers use these insights to:
- Stay Ahead of Emerging Threats
- Understand Evasion Techniques
- Validate Security Controls
- Accelerate Incident Investigations

Make Emerging Threat Intelligence Accessible
Cyber threats evolve every minute.
Security teams need faster access to intelligence that helps them detect and stop attacks earlier.
The OPSWAT Research & Intelligence Center was created to:
- Increase visibility into the global threat landscape
- Provide transparent insights into malware activity
- Empower security professionals with real analysis data
- Strengthen collaboration across the security community
Because the best defense against emerging threats is shared intelligence.

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