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Malware → Search

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Summary

Search malware by term returning up to limit results.

Inputs

  • searchTerm — Term to search for within malware descriptions.
  • limit — Maximum number of malware results to return, between 1 and 500.

Output shape

a list of malware records

Results may be paginated; each record contains basic malware attributes and can be up to the specified limit.

Examples

Example 1: Search for ransomware samples with a limit of 10

searchTerm=ransomware, limit=10

Example 2: Retrieve up to 500 malware items with no specific term

searchTerm=&limit=500

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