MalwareBazaar-APK_list
APK_list
Easily extract and save a list of Android malware APKs from MalwareBazaar using their public API.
🧠 About the Project
APK_list is a simple Python script that connects to MalwareBazaar via their API and downloads the latest APK malware sample list (up to 1000 entries). It saves basic information such as SHA-256 hash, APK name, and date of first submission to a local text file.
This tool is useful for threat researchers, security analysts, and ethical hackers who want to keep an updated list of Android malware for analysis or automated processing.
✨ Features
- Fetches latest APK-tagged malware samples from MalwareBazaar.
- Saves output to a formatted
malware_apk_list.txt
file. - Includes SHA-256 hash, file name, and first seen date.
- API error handling and clear output messages.
- Lightweight and ready to integrate in bigger analysis pipelines.
📋 Requirements
- Python 3.8 or higher
requests
library
Install dependencies:
pip install requests
🚀 Usage
Run the script directly:
python apk_list.py
The output will be saved in a file named malware_apk_list.txt
in the same directory.
📁 Output Example
Listado de malware etiquetado como 'apk':
Hash SHA-256: e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb924...
Nombre APK: trojan_clicker.apk
Fecha de inclusión: 2024-10-10
----------------------------------------
...
🛠 To-Do
- [ ] Extract IOCs and log execution
- [ ] Filter by specific date ranges
- [ ] Filter by file names or hash patterns
❗ Known Issues
- Limited to 1000 samples per API call
- License not yet defined
🤝 Contributing
Feel free to fork this project and propose changes via pull requests. Any feedback is welcome!
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📜 License
🔒 License: Pending
This project currently does not have a formal license. Please do not use it in commercial applications until a license is defined.
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For research, education, and malware hunting.