Shadowforce
Scanning the web,
for good
Shadowforce is the research department for Baffin Bay, a Mastercard company, working to collect malicious IP addresses across the internet to strengthen our cybersecurity.
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What we do
Finding bad actors, preventing cyber attacks
The data collected from Shadowforce is used to create Threat Protection’s IP Reputation Feed which businesses around the world use to protect their digital assets from cyber attacks.
Who we are
Shadowforce is Baffin Bay’s cyber threat engine. Our mission is to collect relevant Threat Intelligence through a Global Sensory Network (GSN).
What we do
The GSN runs several thousand data collectors that perform passive and active scanning of the IPv4 and IPv6 address spaces.
Why it matters
The purpose is to monitor the threat landscape, conduct research and protect our customers from attack traffic.
Prefer not to be scanned?
Opt-out any time by sending us the IP ranges you want us to exclude from future scans.
Get in touchFAQs
Rest assured, we seek no harm. With that said, we also understand that all networks are not meant to be scanned and that organizations may find it suspicious and subsequently want it to cease. If your network(s) or hosts are one of them, please reach out and let us know by emailing info@shadowforce.io
Certainly! Our sensors have caught vast amounts of malicious traffic throughout many years. Some of this data is available for everyone to consume through our Threat Insight service on the Baffin Bay website. We are eager to share our findings with industry practitioners and enthusiasts in the cyber security community.