VirusTotal: GET quick OSINT
Don't waste time on false alarms. 🚨
Get instant consensus on malicious files and domains using one of the BEST FREE cybersecurity tools for beginners you will ever learn: VirusTotal.
In this video, we break down how security analysts use VirusTotal as an OSINT tool to analyze files, hashes, and URLs during real-world malware and threat investigations.
VirusTotal is a powerful, crowdsourced platform that aggregates data from dozens of antivirus engines, domain scanners, and file analysis tools. It's the ultimate weapon for cybersecurity beginners because it requires zero installation and is completely free.
📌 What you’ll learn in this video:
In this VirusTotal tutorial, you'll learn exactly how to check a link for phishing, query domains, scan suspicious files, and get instant malware analysis results. If you want to elevate your security skills as a cybersecurity professional, this is one for the first steps!
🎯 Video Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:27 VirusTotal Overview
01:21 Practical Use Case No 1
01:41 Practical Use Case No 2
02:15 Practical Use Case No 3
02:36 Summary & Closure
💾 Tools and Platforms shown in this video
🔗 VirusTotal: The VirusTotal platform (https://www.virustotal.com/)
🔗 MalwareBazaar: A platform from abuse.ch and Spamhaus, dedicated to sharing malware samples with the infosec community, antivirus vendors, and threat intelligence providers. (https://bazaar.abuse.ch/)
I've also used samples known to be malicious on all three practical use cases:
The URL in the first use case was reported as malicious on the PhishTank (https://phishtank.org/) website.
The file hash in the second use case was taken from a malware sample on the MalwareBazaar website.
The domain name in the third use case was taken from a phishing attempt against me earlier this year (around May 2025).
📧 Contact
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