vol unte er ▁watch dog ▁group ," ▁it ▁l ia ises ▁with ▁national ▁govern ments , ▁C SI RT s , ▁network ▁prov iders , ▁academic ▁institutions , ▁financial ▁institutions , ▁Fort une ▁ 5 0 0 ▁companies , ▁and ▁end ▁users ▁to ▁improve ▁Internet ▁security , ▁enh ance ▁product ▁cap ability , ▁advance ▁research , ▁and ▁dis m ant le ▁criminal ▁infrastr ucture . ▁ ▁Fund ing ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁C is co , ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁primary ▁f under ▁for ▁ 1 5 ▁years , ▁announced ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁withdraw ing ▁their ▁fund ing . ▁ ▁Activ ities ▁ ▁Data ▁collection ▁ ▁Sh adow server ▁sc ans ▁the ▁IP v 4 ▁Internet ▁ 4 5 ▁times ▁per ▁day . ▁It ▁har v ests ▁data ▁on ▁mal ware , ▁sp am , ▁b ots , ▁and ▁bot net s ▁using ▁large - scale ▁sensor ▁networks ▁of ▁h one yp ots ▁and ▁h oney cli ents ▁placed ▁throughout ▁the ▁world . ▁It ▁uses ▁sink hol es ▁to ▁collect ▁data ▁on ▁b ots ▁and ▁D D OS ▁attacks . ▁It ▁also ▁receives ▁additional ▁mal ware ▁and ▁sink hole ▁data ▁from ▁govern ments , ▁industry ▁partners , ▁and ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁ag encies ▁that ▁have ▁established ▁reci pro cal ▁data - sh aring ▁agre ements ▁with ▁Sh adow server . ▁ ▁Data ▁analysis ▁ ▁Sh adow server ▁stores ▁raw ▁mal ware ▁data ▁perman ently ▁in ▁its ▁repository . ▁As ▁new ▁data ▁are ▁collected , ▁Sh adow server ▁analy zes