Get Involved
vspam.org is built by volunteers who believe the internet deserves better defenses against phishing. Whether you write code, analyze threats, teach students, or manage networks — there's a place for you here.
We're a small, focused community and every contributor makes a real impact. No corporate red tape, no lengthy onboarding — just meaningful work on an open-source platform that protects millions of mailboxes.
Why contribute?
Real impact
Your work directly protects mail servers and end users worldwide. Our DNSBL and feeds are queried millions of times daily.
Open source
Everything is AGPL-3.0 licensed. Your contributions are public, citable, and part of the commons. Great for portfolios and CVs.
Community-first
We're researchers, sysadmins, and security engineers who share data freely. No vendor lock-in, no paywalls on threat intelligence.
Roles we're looking for
Don't see your specialty? Reach out anyway — if you care about fighting phishing, we'll find a way to work together.
Email Security Engineers
Help build and refine our DNSBL, SPF/DKIM/DMARC analysis, and mail flow integrations. Experience with Postfix, Exim, rspamd, or SpamAssassin is a plus.
DNS & Network Engineers
Improve our DNSBL infrastructure, zone file generation, and DNS query performance. Familiarity with PowerDNS, BIND, or RPZ zones welcome.
Cybersecurity Professionals
Analyze phishing campaigns, validate IOCs, reverse-engineer phishing kits, and improve detection heuristics. Threat intel and incident response experience valued.
Government & Public Sector
Advise on compliance, data-sharing frameworks, and coordination with CERTs and law enforcement. Help bridge the gap between community intelligence and institutional response.
Academic Researchers & Professors
Collaborate on phishing research, publish studies using our dataset, mentor student contributors, and help validate our methodology. CS, cybersecurity, and cryptography backgrounds welcome.
ML & Data Science Engineers
Build classifiers for phishing detection, analyze threat patterns at scale, and develop models for IOC scoring and anomaly detection.
Computer Scientists
Contribute to core algorithms — hashing, indexing, search optimization, and distributed system design for high-throughput IOC processing.
Network & Infrastructure Engineers
Cisco, HPE, Juniper, or cloud networking experience. Help with firewall integration guides, BGP-based blocklists, and enterprise deployment patterns.
Software Engineers
Contribute to our Go API, Next.js frontend, or agent daemon. We're open-source (AGPL-3.0) and welcome PRs for features, bug fixes, and integrations.
QA & Security Testers
Pen-test our platform, fuzz our APIs, and help harden the system. Responsible disclosure and security-first mindset required.
Threat Intelligence Analysts
Curate feeds, verify community submissions, track phishing campaigns, and produce actionable intelligence reports for the community.
Technical Writers & Educators
Write integration guides, onboarding docs, blog posts, and educational content. Help make anti-phishing tools accessible to everyone.
Community Moderators
Help review submissions, mentor new reporters, moderate discussions, and maintain the quality of our community-driven threat database.
DevOps & SRE Engineers
Improve our CI/CD, containerization, monitoring, and deployment. Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) is helpful.
Volunteer application
Fill out the form below and we'll get back to you within a few days. No formal commitment required — contribute as much or as little as your schedule allows.