# tomchop/malcom

Malcom - Malware Communications Analyzer

Repository: https://github.com/tomchop/malcom
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/malcom
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: malware, network-traffic, pcap, threat-intelligence, malware-analysis, infosec, dfir
Last push: 2017-11-29T16:31:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4838, "days_push": 3199, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1171, forks 215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.415834+00:00)

## What it is
Malcom is a Python web application that analyzes network traffic (including pcaps) and visualizes malware communications as graphs, cross-referenced with known-bad threat intelligence feeds. It helps analysts identify C&C servers, peer-to-peer networks, and fast-flux DNS infrastructure.

## Use cases
- analyze malware network communications
- detect command and control servers
- check if an IP or domain is known-bad
- visualize pcap network traffic as a graph
- understand malware peer-to-peer infrastructure
- correlate network artifacts with threat intelligence feeds

## When to choose
- you need graphical analysis of malware network traffic
- you want to cross-reference traffic with threat intel feeds
- you're doing DFIR work on a compromised host's communications

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the last release was in 2017
- you can't run services as root or manage mongodb/redis dependencies
- you need modern TLS interception or Windows support guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: networking, search-engine, data-visualization, security
- domain: security, networking, developer-tools
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: malware-analysis, threat-intelligence, dfir, pcap-analysis, network-traffic, c2-detection, infosec, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- tomchop/malcom (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.415834+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:28:33.401315+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tomchop/malcom (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.415834+00:00, sha 6a02ccfbf1e2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.