WhoisXML API Blog

OWASP Amass and WhoisXML API Are Now Integration Partners

Access to relevant data is extremely valuable in today’s information-driven environment. That is especially true in the realm of attack surface mapping. By getting a sense of attack surfaces through asset discovery processes for vulnerability management, organizations can assess their security posture and better protect themselves against external attacks.

Attack surface mapping may seem like a lot of work, but cybersecurity experts don’t have to go at it alone. Many members of the cybersecurity community are linked through the Open Web Application Security Project® (OWASP) Foundation, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve software security. The OWASP Amass Project, meanwhile, embodies the community’s synergistic and collaborative effort.

WhoisXML API Transforms Now Available on Maltego

Among the first obstacles in the way of cybercrime investigations is evidence gathering. Questions like “Where can we find the correct data for investigation?” and “Is the data we gathered enough to identify a cybercriminal?” often bug investigators and forensic teams. Without accurate and sufficient evidence, diagnoses would mostly remain assumptions and theories.

Maltego addresses this issue by employing various threat intelligence sources, which now include WhoisXML API, one of the largest domain and IP intelligence providers. With WhoisXML API transforms, Maltego enables investigators and researchers to include current and historical WHOIS and Domain Name System (DNS) records of IP addresses and domains in their investigations.

APTLD Hosts WhoisXML API for an Exclusive Cybersecurity Webinar

In line with WhoisXML API’s goal to help make the Internet a safer and more secure environment, we launched the Data Contribution and Exchange Program. As part of this program, we partner with Internet registries and registrars in various ways, notably to facilitate and expedite critical cyber threat data collection and distribution.

To prevent abuse on the Internet and attain our ultimate goal, we raise awareness about cybercrime trends, threat detection techniques, and threat hunting best practices.

Thus, it was not by coincidence that APTLD invited the WhoisXML API team to share their expertise on cybersecurity with the APTLD community at an exclusive cybersecurity webinar held on 9 June 2021.