WhoisXML API Participates in InfoSec 2025
Brendan O'Doherty, in charge of Intelligence Partnerships at WhoisXML API, recently attended Infosecurity Europe 2025 held at ExCeL London on 3–5 June. He joined more than 13,000 attendees united in the overarching theme of building a safer cyber world, which deeply resonated with WhoisXML API’s vision.
The event celebrated its 30th anniversary, bringing together cybersecurity leaders, solution providers, and technologists to discuss cyber strategies, the evolving threat landscape, and innovations in cyber defense. Below are some of the recurring themes and our key takeaways from the event.
Pre-Activation Threat Intelligence
There is a growing emphasis on detecting threats before they get weaponized, especially as threat actors often prepare for attacks days or even months in advance. So, instead of waiting for an attack to hit, security teams are now looking at early warning signs in their Internet infrastructure and using left-of-boom intelligence to catch threats at the earliest stages.
This proactive approach involves incorporating modern technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to detect threats faster and more accurately. Aside from the technology behind the process, the data that leads to threat detection is equally important, which could be the reason behind the growing interest in WHOIS- and DNS-based detection.
There was also talk of operationalising threat intelligence instead of just integrating intelligence tactically and strategically. A collaborative approach is critical to this, as well as tactics, such as simplifying threat hunting practices, improving security information and event management (SIEM) correlation, accelerating response times, and automating workflows.
AI to Fight Fire with Fire
The fact that threat actors are increasingly using AI in their campaigns was highlighted during the event. Generative AI, for one, is making data protection more difficult. While traditional security solutions no longer suffice, notably due to their high false positive rates and limited visibility, AI-powered contextual discovery can enable accurate data classification, streamline data loss prevention (DLP) policies, and automate risk remediation.
Still, threat actors will likely continue to exploit AI’s capabilities to create new attack vectors and optimize existing ones. During InfoSec 2025, it was clear that organizations should employ a defense-in-depth (DiD) strategy across critical areas like access management and move from zero-trust architecture (ZTA) deployment to maturity.
Another hurdle that AI can help with is the amount of external data that security teams gather and process, leading professionals to struggle with making sense of it all and gathering meaningful insights. Agentic AI addresses this by utilizing autonomous agents to identify information gaps, enabling users to make faster and more informed judgments with their existing resources.
API Security as a Strategic Priority
API security emerged as a priority for organizations during the event, as it is both a critical business enabler and major attack vector. In fact, the product exhibits during the event showcased application and API security solutions that revolved around web application firewalls (WAFs), API security testing and protection, secure coding practices, DevSecOps pipelines, and bot management (to prevent scraping and account takeovers).
With several industries relying on APIs, it’s indeed crucial to secure them for business continuity and customer trust. To achieve this, organizations are implementing runtime protection, discovering shadow APIs, and conducting threat modeling as standard measures in an API-first security architecture.
Modern Vulnerability Management
Another recurring theme during the event was modern vulnerability management, which requires organizations to shift from merely patching issues after they’re detected or exploited to a proactive and intelligence-driven defense that identifies threats before public sources even report them.
Automation is key to achieving this, and AI, once again, plays a big part, especially in dynamic cloud environments. However, security experts emphasized that keeping humans in the loop remains crucial to ensure contextual judgment, validation, and adaptability. Human experts should continue to provide strategic oversight over AI-powered systems.
About WhoisXML API
WhoisXML API is a seasoned OEM data provider, specializing in delivering well-parsed, normalized, and comprehensive WHOIS, IP, and DNS intelligence. With more than 15 years of industry experience, we have amassed a vast repository of data, encompassing more than 23.8 billion historical WHOIS records, 50+ billion hostnames, 116+ billion DNS records, 10.5+ million IP netblocks, and 99.5% coverage of active IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
We offer a wide range of domain, DNS, and other Internet intelligence solutions delivered via comprehensive databases, secure APIs, and intuitive web GUIs. Regardless of consumption model, our intelligence serves as a robust foundation for leading cybersecurity products and services, with products like predictive threat intelligence data feeds leveraging AI predictive analytics capabilities and domain telemetry to enable organizations to detect potential malicious web properties early.
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