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Threat Intelligence Feeds: Real-Time Attack Data Integration

Wesley Ellis
Oct 25, 2026
8 min read

Integrate real-time threat intelligence feeds from industry-leading providers to automatically block known malicious IPs, bot networks, and attack patterns before they reach your APIs. G8KEPR aggregates data from AlienVault, Shodan, abuse.ch, and our own crowd-sourced network of installations.

🌐 What You Get

250M+ Malicious IPs

Updated every 15 minutes from global threat feeds

Known Bot Networks

Residential proxies, VPNs, and scraping services

Zero-Day Attacks

Crowd-sourced from all G8KEPR installations

Threat Feed Sources

AlienVault OTX

Open Threat Exchange with 2M+ participants

Included
  • • Malicious IP addresses from C2 servers
  • • Known phishing domains
  • • Exploit kit indicators
  • • Update frequency: Every 15 minutes

Shodan

Internet-wide scanning and device intelligence

Included
  • • Compromised IoT devices used in botnets
  • • Scanning hosts and reconnaissance IPs
  • • Vulnerable service fingerprints
  • • Update frequency: Daily

abuse.ch (Feodo, URLhaus)

Botnet C2, malware distribution, and phishing URLs

Included
  • • Banking trojans (Emotet, TrickBot, Dridex)
  • • Malware URLs and payload distribution
  • • SSL certificates used by malware
  • • Update frequency: Hourly

G8KEPR Community Network

Crowd-sourced threats from 1,000+ installations

Opt-in
  • • Real-time attack patterns shared across network
  • • Zero-day exploits detected by any installation
  • • Aggregated attacker fingerprints
  • • Update frequency: Real-time (sub-5 second latency)

How It Works

Incoming Request:
  IP: 185.220.101.47
  User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)
  Path: /api/users

G8KEPR Threat Intel Check:
  1. IP Lookup in local cache (Redis) → ✗ Not found
  2. Query threat feeds API → ✓ Match found

AlienVault OTX Result:
  - IP: 185.220.101.47
  - Category: Known Tor exit node
  - First seen: 2024-12-15
  - Last activity: 2025-07-12 (3 days ago)
  - Confidence: High (97%)
  - Associated threats: 47 reports of credential stuffing

Action: BLOCK
Response: 403 Forbidden
Headers:
  X-G8KEPR-Block-Reason: malicious_ip_tor_exit_node
  X-G8KEPR-Threat-Feed: alienvault_otx
  X-G8KEPR-Confidence: 97

Performance & Caching

Threat lookups add minimal latency:

ScenarioLatencyCache Hit Rate
IP in Redis cache<1ms98.7%
IP not cached (API call)12-18ms1.3%
Average (blended)1.2ms-

* Cache TTL: 24 hours for clean IPs, 7 days for malicious IPs

Pricing & Value

Pricing

Add-on Cost:$99/mo
Requires:Starter plan or higher
Feed updates:Every 15 min
API call overhead:~1.2ms avg

What You'd Pay Separately

AlienVault OTX API:$199/mo
Shodan Membership:$59/mo
abuse.ch feeds:Free (donations encouraged)
Total if purchased separately:$258+/mo
You save:$159/mo (62%)

Q3 2025 Release

Threat Intelligence Feeds will launch in August 2025 at $99/mo. Early adopters get 50% off for the first 6 months ($49/mo).

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