WhoisXML API Blog

August 2023: Domain Activity Highlights

Of the millions of domains registered on 1–31 August 2023, the WhoisXML API researchers studied a randomized sample of 31,000 to determine commonalities in their WHOIS data, registrant country, registrar, and TLD.

In addition, we examined the domains’ text string usage to uncover potentially emerging trends. We also tapped into our predictive intelligence sources to determine some of August’s most imitated brands or text strings. This study’s findings in addition to links to threat reports developed using DNS, IP, and domain intelligence sources are summarized below.

Important Product Announcement—NRD 1.0 End of Life (EOL) and Migration to NRD 2.0

Within the next months, we will stop supporting Newly Registered Domain (NRD) 1.0 and steadily continue user migration to NRD 2.0, an upgraded version with more comprehensive data coverage and event monitoring than ever before.

To facilitate this transition, we divided the process into two parts. The end of support for NRD 1.0 is scheduled for 1 March 2024. That means our development team will stop providing fixes and technical support for this version by that date. By 31 December 2024, we will entirely discontinue NRD 1.0 and will thus no longer provide any related service files or updates, except for NRD quarterly files that will remain accessible using NRD1 credentials after the EOL period.

July 2023: Domain Activity Highlights

Of the millions of domains registered on 1–31 July 2023, WhoisXML API researchers studied a randomized sample of 31,000 to determine commonalities in their WHOIS data, registrant country, registrar, and TLD.

In addition, we examined the domains’ text string usage to uncover potentially emerging trends. This study’s findings and links to threat reports developed using DNS, IP, and domain intelligence sources are summarized below.

Predict Phishing Attacks with Our Early Warning Phishing Feed

WhoisXML API recently launched the Early Warning Phishing Feed (EWPF), a new predictive intelligence source that provides daily lists of domains likely to figure in phishing attacks. It aims to supplement and enhance existing phishing detection, brand protection, domain filtering, and law enforcement processes.

“Our Early Warning Phishing Feed provides predictive threat intelligence to help organizations stay ahead of phishing attacks amid today’s fast-moving cybercrime landscape. This new product rightly aligns with the company’s commitment to make the Internet safer,” says Jonathan Zhang, WhoisXML API CEO.

WhoisXML API Is Now a Sumo Logic Partner

As part of our efforts to make the Internet safer and more transparent, WhoisXML API recently became an integration partner of Sumo Logic, a cloud-based machine data analytics company.

With WhoisXML API, Sumo Logic users can enrich their incident investigations and accelerate threat response through access to well-parsed and normalized WHOIS, IP, and DNS intelligence. This data provides SOC analysts, security teams, threat intelligence companies, and other users with much-needed internet visibility.

June 2023: Domain Activity Highlights

Of the millions of domains registered on 1–30 June 2023, WhoisXML API researchers studied a randomized sample of 30,000 to determine commonalities in their registrant country, registrar, and TLD.

In addition, we examined the domains’ text string usage to uncover potentially emerging trends. This study’s findings and links to threat reports developed using DNS, IP, and domain intelligence sources are summarized below.

May 2023: New Domain Activity Highlights

Of the millions of domains registered on 1–31 May 2023, WhoisXML API researchers studied a randomized sample of 31,000 domains to determine commonalities among their registrant countries, registrars, and TLDs. We also examined domains’ text string usage to uncover potentially emerging trends. This study’s findings and links to threat reports developed using DNS, IP, and domain intelligence sources are summarized below.

WhoisXML API Announces API Integration with Anomali ThreatStream

WhoisXML API, an industry-leading WHOIS, IP, and DNS intelligence provider, announced a new integration with Anomali, a leader in transforming security operations to deliver better business decisions. The partnership provides threat hunters, threat intelligence companies, SOC analysts, and other users with more comprehensive Internet visibility, enabling accelerated threat response and decision-making.