WhoisXML API Blog

Black Hat USA 2026 ran from August 1 to 6 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, marking the 29th anniversary of the event.

The WhoisXML API team was there, among the researchers, vendors, government officials, and practitioners who came together for the event.

On 9–10 June 2026, more than 800 scam fighters from around the world came together at Convento do Beato in Lisbon, Portugal, for the Global Anti-Scam Summit Europe 2026, organized by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA).

WhoisXML API attended the event, represented by Anna Danilova and Alexandre François, joining government agencies, law enforcement, regulators, financial institutions, technology companies, consumer protection organizations, researchers, NGOs, and anti-trafficking experts working toward a shared goal: combating scams at scale.

Across two days, the summit covered many of the issues shaping today’s anti-scam response, from scam compounds and public-private partnerships to agentic AI, online impersonation, data sharing, victim support, and the infrastructure that enables large-scale fraud.

AI has been at the center of RSA Conference discussions for years. If you look back at RSAC 2024 and 2025, you’ll see a pattern. At RSAC 2026, held in San Francisco from March 23 to 26, that conversation didn’t slow down. Instead, it got even more specific. 

This year, the focus shifted from general AI adoption to operational risk, agent-driven workflows, and how defenders can secure increasingly autonomous systems.

Our team of experts was there, attending sessions, hosting briefings, and talking with the people who build and defend the systems that power modern organizations.

WhoisXML API’s Alex Ronquillo, Vice President, and Ed Gibbs, VP of Research, participated in DEATHCon 2025 on November 8–9, 2025. The community-driven event on Detection Engineering and Threat Hunting (DEATH) successfully blended a virtual global conference with several localized in-person community gatherings in cities around the world, including Tacoma, San Diego, Austin, and Amsterdam.

Our team directly contributed to the event’s technical focus, with Alex Ronquillo and Ed Gibbs hosting an online workshop titled “TXTually Explicit: Malware & Middleware in Motion.” The session demonstrated modern techniques for leveraging DNS TXT records—often overlooked in security analysis—to uncover hidden software dependencies, trace command-and-control (C2) communications for malware, and expose system misconfigurations.

Brendan O’Doherty, Intelligence Partnerships at WhoisXML API, recently attended the Cyber Security Nordic 2025 conference held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre on November 4-5, 2025. He joined more than 2,000 professionals from Nordic governments, critical infrastructure sectors, enterprises, and academia.

Brendan reflected on the two-day event, saying, “Cyber Security Nordic 2025 reinforced Helsinki’s position as a cornerstone of European cybersecurity thought and practice. Across all sessions, the message was consistent – resilience in cybersecurity depends equally on technical sophistication, human composure, and policy integrity.”

Based on his on-the-ground report, here are the three key themes that defined this year’s conference.

Earlier this month, the global cybersecurity community converged in Tokyo, Japan, for Code Blue 2025. WhoisXML API was proud to be part of the conversation, represented by our top executives: Jonathan Zhang (CEO), Ed Gibbs (Vice President of Research), and Ching Chao (Head of APAC and Global Partnerships).

Running from November 16–19, 2025, the event kicked off with two days of intensive, specialized training sessions—covering everything from attacking and defending AI agents to advanced IDA decompiler skills—before diving into the main conference tracks. 

Tokyo, November 2025 — The WXA Forum Tokyo 2025 concluded with remarkable energy and engagement, bringing together more than two dozen C-suite and executive leaders from Japan’s top-tier cybersecurity companies. Leaders from major MSSPs, SOC operators, and enterprise security divisions gathered for an unprecedented deep-dive into the evolving DNS threat landscape — and how Japan can stay ahead of it.

Hosted by WhoisXML API, the forum showcased original research, live case studies, and advanced demonstrations of next-generation DNS, domain, and traffic intelligence. The event highlighted one core message: DNS is no longer just infrastructure — it is the earliest and most universal signal of cyber risk.