# Yabin

Yabin is a Detection Engineering product. It runs on-premises. Pricing is free.

Yabin creates Yara signatures from malware to find similar samples.

Checked October 2026.

## What is Yabin?

Yabin creates Yara signatures from executable code within malware by identifying rare functions through common function 'prologs' and using a whitelist to ignore common library functions. It's a prototype for finding similar malware samples.

Tags: YARA

## Where it fits in your security program (NIST CSF 2.0)

- [Detect](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-detect-program-small-team): helps you spot attacks and unusual activity.

## Quick facts

- Category: [Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/categories/security-operations) · [Detection Engineering](https://cybersectools.com/categories/detection-engineering)
- Deployment: On-Premises
- Company size fit: Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Pricing model: Free
- GitHub stars: 162
- Website: github.com

## Where it ranks

No shortlist covers this product's category yet. The closest is [Best MDR Solutions for Business](https://cybersectools.com/shortlists/best-mdr-solutions).

## Yabin FAQ

### What is Yabin?

Yabin is a product in the Detection Engineering category. It covers YARA.

### What is the pricing for Yabin?

Yabin is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/AlienVault-OTX/yabin/.

### What are alternatives to Yabin?

Alternatives to Yabin listed on CybersecTools:

1. [Google Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/tools/google-security-operations) - Cloud-native SIEM, SOAR, and threat intel platform for SecOps teams (Commercial)

Compare all Yabin alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/yabin](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/yabin)

### What deployment and organization size does Yabin fit?

Yabin is available as on-premises software. It is listed for mid-market companies and enterprises. It is free.

## Compare Yabin with similar solutions

- [Yabin vs Google Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/compare/google-security-operations-vs-yabin)

All alternatives to Yabin: [/alternatives/yabin](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/yabin)

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