KTSC is a dedicated MISP instance managed by the Karen IT Security Response Center (KSRC). It gives Karen IT members and vetted security partners a structured environment to exchange threat intelligence, malware samples, and security incident data — collectively and in real time.
Open-source threat intelligence platform · Used by CERTs, ISACs, and security teams worldwide
MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform) is the world's leading open-source threat intelligence platform, used by hundreds of organizations including national CERTs, ISACs, financial institutions, and security vendors globally.
KTSC operates a dedicated, managed MISP instance — maintained, monitored, and operated by Karen IT's Security Response Center. Members of KTSC don't need to run their own infrastructure. They get the full power of MISP through a trusted, managed environment.
MISP provides a standardized format for sharing indicators, malware attributes, and threat intelligence — so data from one member is immediately usable by all others without manual translation or reformatting.
MISP is not a one-way feed. Members can both consume intelligence from the community and contribute their own findings — making the shared dataset richer with every engagement.
Not all intelligence needs to be shared with everyone. MISP's distribution model allows members to share selectively — within a specific group, with all community members, or with trusted external partners.
MISP's full API allows organizations to automate the consumption of threat intelligence — feeding indicators directly into SIEMs, firewalls, EDR platforms, and threat hunting tools without manual intervention.
KTSC is not limited to technical indicators. The platform supports the full spectrum of threat intelligence — from raw IOCs to high-level threat actor profiles and incident narratives.
File hashes (MD5, SHA1, SHA256), YARA rules, behavioral indicators, packing signatures, and malware family classifications — sourced from active analysis by Karen IT and contributing members.
IP addresses, domains, URLs, and certificates associated with malicious infrastructure — command-and-control servers, phishing pages, malware distribution points, and credential harvesting endpoints.
Structured intelligence on known threat actors — TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures), infrastructure patterns, campaign histories, and MITRE ATT&CK mappings.
Intelligence derived from real incidents — attack timelines, initial access methods, lateral movement paths, persistence mechanisms, and affected asset types.
Phishing URLs, targeted brands, kit fingerprints, infrastructure clusters, and campaign metadata — linked to URLAbuse and Karen IT's CTI platform data where available.
Vulnerability exploitation data — CVEs being actively exploited in the wild, affected software versions, available patches, and observed exploitation techniques.
KTSC gives members full access to MISP's feature set through a managed, maintained instance — without the overhead of running your own infrastructure.
Create structured threat intelligence events, add attributes and objects, and publish them to the community — with granular control over who can see what.
Search the community's full indicator dataset by attribute type, value, tag, galaxy, or date range. Find related events and build a complete picture of a threat.
Tag events and attributes with MITRE ATT&CK techniques, tactics, and groups — enabling structured, standardized threat actor profiling aligned with the global framework.
Export indicators in multiple formats — STIX, OpenIOC, CSV, JSON, and more — or use the MISP API to feed intelligence directly into your security tools and automation workflows.
MISP automatically identifies relationships between indicators across events — surfacing connections between seemingly unrelated attacks that share infrastructure, code, or techniques.
Enrich events with standardized taxonomies and galaxy clusters — threat actor groups, malware families, sectors, and geographic regions — enabling consistent, cross-organization analysis.
Access to KTSC is vetted. We review every membership request to ensure the community maintains a high signal-to-noise ratio and a shared standard of seriousness about cybersecurity.
Corporate security operations centers and internal security teams that want access to community threat intelligence to enrich their detection and response capabilities.
National and sectoral computer emergency response teams that want to connect with Karen IT's threat sharing community and exchange intelligence through a structured platform.
Independent researchers and academic institutions working on threat intelligence, malware analysis, or attacker tracking who want to contribute findings and access community data.
Banks, payment processors, and financial sector organizations that face targeted phishing, fraud, and infrastructure attacks and want access to sector-relevant threat intelligence.
Domain registrars and internet registries that want to receive intelligence about malicious domains registered through their platforms or abusing their infrastructure.
Security product and service vendors that want to integrate community threat intelligence into their platforms and contribute their own detection data back to the community.
We keep the process simple — but we do review every request.
Submit an access request through the KTSC signup form on ksrc.karenit.net. Tell us about your organization and your intended use of the platform.
The KSRC team reviews your request. We assess whether your organization and use case are a good fit for the community.
If approved, you receive account credentials and a brief orientation on the platform's sharing standards and community guidelines.
Access the KTSC platform at ktsc.karenit.net. Consume community intelligence, contribute your own findings, and integrate via API.
If your organization already runs its own MISP instance, KTSC can be configured as a sync partner — allowing bidirectional intelligence sharing between your internal MISP and the KTSC community without requiring you to use the KTSC interface directly.
Contact KSRC to discuss sync →The threats your organization faces today are the threats your peers faced yesterday — and the ones your neighbors will face tomorrow. KTSC exists to close that gap.