virustotal += Baidu-International URL scanner

And we are in our sixties with respect to the number of URL scanning engines integrated in VirusTotal, welcome Baidu-International! Not so long ago we introduced their file scanner and today we are excited to populate the malicious URL dataset with their verdicts.

In their own words:

Baidu Antivirus is a permanently free and easy-to-use antivirus software which offers proactive defense, file protection, USB protection, download protection, browser protection, and other professional security features. 

As part of the browser protection component they offer they come across and have to research many malicious URLs per day, these URLs will now trigger alerts on VirusTotal. An example of their engine in action can be found below:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/000feb4703a2f1b3a84ad435c46da9f523ea9daec84747b12bf8345ef2908de8/analysis/1413373146/

Welcome Baidu-International!

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virustotal += PhishLabs URL scanner

Yet another malicious URL dataset is joining virustotal today. Welcome PhishLabs.

In their own words:

PhishLabs provides cybercrime protection and intelligence services that fight back against online threats and reduce the risk posed by phishing, malware, and other cyber-attacks. They fight back against online threats by detecting, analyzing, and proactively dismantling the systems and illicit services cybercriminals depend on to attack businesses and their customers.

As part of the investigations that they conduct and the Intelligence that they gather, PhishLabs comes across many malicious URLs every day, from now on virustotal checks will also run against their blacklist, enhancing users' ability to detect recent threats.

An example of a report containing an PhishLabs report can be found below:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/0ec471bc92bb025a95945ba57004d23cc5854bb8ce686a02f92375cdccffa341/analysis/

Welcome PhishLabs!

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