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PopularThreatCategoryObject

A widely-used threat category (e.g. trojan, ransomware, downloader).

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Object identifier.
type	string	Object type discriminator.
links	object	Hypermedia links.
attributes	object	Type-specific attributes for PopularThreatCategoryObject.
relationships	object	Pre-expanded relationships, keyed by relationship name.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virustotal/refs/heads/main/json-schema/PopularThreatCategoryObject-schema.json",
  "title": "PopularThreatCategoryObject",
  "description": "A widely-used threat category (e.g. trojan, ransomware, downloader).",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Object identifier."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Object type discriminator."
    },
    "links": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Hypermedia links.",
      "properties": {
        "self": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        }
      }
    },
    "attributes": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Type-specific attributes for PopularThreatCategoryObject.",
      "properties": {
        "category": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "trojan"
        },
        "count": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Number of distinct files associated with this category."
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Pre-expanded relationships, keyed by relationship name.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "type",
    "attributes"
  ]
}