Proofpoint

Emerging Threats (ET) Intelligence Query API v1

The ET Intelligence Query API is Proofpoint's threat-intelligence lookup service, reached at api.emergingthreats.net. Thirty-six documented GET endpoints pivot across domains, IP addresses, malware samples (by MD5), Suricata/Snort signature IDs, CVEs, malware families, threat actors and reputation categories. Authentication is a single API key sent in the Authorization header; the default rate is 200 queries per minute per key.

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: proofpoint-et-intelligence
name: Emerging Threats (ET) Intelligence Query API v1
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/api-evangelist-site/company-logos/proofpoint.png
description: The ET Intelligence Query API is Proofpoint's threat-intelligence lookup service, reached
  at api.emergingthreats.net. Thirty-six documented GET endpoints pivot across domains, IP addresses,
  malware samples (by MD5), Suricata/Snort signature IDs, CVEs, malware families, threat actors and reputation
  categories. Authentication is a single API key sent in the Authorization header; the default rate is
  200 queries per minute per key.
humanURL: https://apidocs.emergingthreats.net/
baseURL: https://api.emergingthreats.net/v1
tags:
- Threat Intelligence
- Reputation
- Malware
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://apidocs.emergingthreats.net/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/EmergingThreats/query-api-docs
- type: SignUp
  url: https://etadmin.proofpoint.com/api-access
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/proofpoint-rate-limits.yml