Overview
AliyunSecBot is a security scanner from Alibaba Cloud used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
Its primary user-agent pattern is AliyunSecBot; related patterns include aliyunsecbot; Aliyun security bot.
AliyunSecBot is not independently verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
AliyunSecBot should be monitored first, then rate-limited or blocked if the crawl rate, paths, or behavior are unwanted.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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AliyunSecBot - Aliases
- aliyunsecbot; Aliyun security bot
- HTTP Agent Examples
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AliyunSecBot - Robots Token
- AliyunSecBot
- Identity Type
- Documented
- Evidence Method
- Verify AliyunSecBot by matching `AliyunSecBot` to Alibaba Cloud evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Classification
- Type
- Security
- Kind
- Security
- Family
- Alibaba Cloud
- Purpose
- Security scanning
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- AliyunSecBot is used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
- Detection Notes
- AliyunSecBot traffic is primarily detected by the `AliyunSecBot` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `aliyunsecbot; Aliyun security bot`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Alibaba Cloud infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- AliyunSecBot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Caution
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.
Relationships
- Operator
- Alibaba Cloud Checked 2026-06-22
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.