ThreatBite - reputation checking tool

About

ThreatBite is a global reputation system used internally by Optimatiq. It analyses incoming internet users and sends back a standardized score representing their trustworthiness. The program uses independent databases that collect up-to-date information about bad internet actors. Because it is an API service, it works in real-time, allowing you to act fast and block or keep an eye on suspicious user behavior.

Architecture

Features

Identifying the source of threat

ThreatBite identifies potential sources of fraud by comparing user identification data to over 500 databases of bad internet actors.

Account creation protection

ThreatBite protects against automatic account creation and user account hijacking.

Spam detection

ThreatBite Identifies potential sources of spammers.

Tor users detection

ThreatBite recognizes addresses belonging to the Tor network.

Proxy/VPN

ThreatBite detects addresses that are used as proxys or VPNs.

Download

• Grab the latest binary from the releases page and run it:

./threatbite

• Or use the official Docker image:

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 optimatiq/threatbite

• Or get the sources:

git clone https://github.com/optimatiq/threatbite
cd ./threatbite
make build && ./bin/threatbite

Quickstart

Scoring for email

curl localhost:8080/v1/score/email/[email protected]

Scoring for IP address

curl localhost:8080/v1/score/ip/1.1.1.1

Scoring for HTTP request

curl \
  -X POST \
  localhost:8080/v1/score/request \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"ip":"1.2.3.4", "host":"host.pl", "uri":"/", "method":"GET", "user_agent":"curl", "headers": {"x-header": 1}}'

or

curl \
  -X POST \
  localhost:8080/v1/score/request \
  -d 'ip=1.2.3.4' \
  -d 'host=host.pl' \
  -d 'uri=/' \
  -d 'method=POST' \
  -d 'user_agent=curl'

API documentation

chrome localhost:8080

Rate limits

10 requests per seconds are allowed, after reaching limit 429 HTTP status code is returned

Configuration

Configuration is done via env variables or config.env file. All parameters are optional:

• PORT - API listening port default 8080
• DEBUG - values: false, true, 1, 0 or empty
• AUTO_TLS - values: false, true, 1, 0 or empty, automatic access to certificates from Let's Encrypt

License keys for these external services will improve the quality of the results. It is highly recommended to set them.

• PWNED_KEY - obtained from https://haveibeenpwned.com/
• MAXMIND_KEY - obtained from https://www.maxmind.com/en/accounts/current/license-key

Correct communication with the MTA server requires the following settings. Otherwise, the server may close the connection with the error:

• SMTP_HELLO - the domain name or IP address of the SMTP client that will be provided as an argument to the HELO command
• SMTP_FROM - MAIL FROM value passed to the SMTP server

IP/CIDR lists contain information about addresses used as proxy/VPN or other malicious activity. You can provide one or many sources separated by whitespace. The format of the data is straightforward, and each line contains one IP or CIDR addresses. Threadbite open-source version provides public sources that are limited in scope and might be outdated with no SLA. If you interested in curated and more accurate lists with SLA, please contact us at [email protected]

• PROXY_LIST - URL or set of URLs separated by space, default: https://get.threatbite.com/public/proxy.txt
• SPAM_LIST - URL or set of URLs separated by space, default: https://get.threatbite.com/public/spam.txt
• VPN_LIST - URL or set of URLs separated by space, default: https://get.threatbite.com/public/vpn.txt
• DC_LIST - URL or set of URLs separated by space, default: https://get.threatbite.com/public/dc-names.txt

Email lists contain information about domains used as disposal emails or free solutions which are often used in spam or phishing campaigns. You can provide one or many sources separated by whitespace. The format of the data is straightforward, and each line contains one domain Threadbite open-source version provides public sources that are limited in scope and might be outdated with no SLA. If you interested in curated and more accurate lists with SLA, please contact us at [email protected]

• EMAIL_DISPOSAL_LIST - URL or set of URLs separated by space, default: https://get.threatbite.com/public/disposal.txt
• EMAIL_FREE_LIST - URL or set of URLs separated by space, default: https://get.threatbite.com/public/free.txt

config.env file

You can store your custom configuration in config.env. The format is defined as below:

DEBUG=true
PORT=443
AUTO_TLS=true
PROXY_LIST=https://provider1.com https://provider2.com

By default threatbite binary is looking for config.env file in the same directory, but you can use -config flag to change this and point to any file in a filesystem.

./bin/threatbite -confg=/etc/threatbite/config.env

Development

Go

At least version 1.13 is required

Building & running

make bulid && ./bin/threatbite

Run tests:

make test

Quality & linteners:

make check

Other targets

make help

Internal endpoints

/internal/* endpoints should not be public, they contains sensitive data.

Health check

/internal/health

Monitoring

Prometheus endpoint is available at: /internal/metrics

Profiling

go tool pprof localhost:8080/internal/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=20

go tool pprof localhost:8080/internal/debug/pprof/heap