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Uncovering Office 365-Related Artifacts with IP and Domain Intelligence

While Office 365 is one of the most prevalent office suites out in the market today, its users can't rest easy. Cybercriminals and threat actors will always find ways to abuse the most popular brands in various ways. more

The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris Tandem’s Effects on Domain and Subdomain Registrations

It has been months after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office as president and vice president of the U.S., respectively. And since that time, they were naturally featured in most news outlets. What we wanted to know, though, is how all the attention has been affecting the domain registration world. more

Zero-Trust Implementation Using WHOIS, IP, and DNS Data

The U.S. government released the Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity in May 2021, highlighting the rationale of a zero-trust security approach. While the order only covers the government's digital infrastructure, this initiative could also serve as a catalyst for more robust global cybersecurity. more

Protecting Your IP as Part of a Digital Transformation Strategy

Over the past few months, the Western world has begun to slowly recover from the economic disaster COVID caused. Many countries have been able to speed up their vaccination program and abandon lockdowns, or at least loosen restrictions. Shops, bars, cinemas, and so on are opening up again, and with that, the desire people have to spend money. more

Analyzing Recently Discovered Windows 11-Themed Assets

The release of a new application or operating system (OS) is typically greeted by enthusiasm, diverse opinions, and potential threats. Windows 11's case is no different as we identified various assets that could be misused on the Internet. more

WhoisXML API Upgraded Its Web Categorization Engine

Web categorization engines and related tools are built to help organizations classify websites they do business or generally interact with. WhoisXML API's Website Categorization API and Website Categorization Lookup used to classify websites into 25 possible categories. more

Domains Are a Critical Component of Your Enterprise Risk Management

A recent report "Domain Security: A Critical Component of Enterprise Risk Management" published by the Interisle Consulting Group highlights why domain security should be a critical component of enterprise risk management, a proposal that resonates closely with what we at CSC advocate. more

Liberty Front Press Network: An IoC Enrichment & Threat Intelligence Analysis

Liberty Front Press is a fake news network that has been operating since Trump's administration and was said to be designed to leverage liberal resentment against the former U.S. president while promoting pro-Iranian foreign policy narratives via social media. more

Are There More Properties Connected to the Pareto Botnet?

The Pareto botnet, known for using almost a million infected Android devices to spoof people seemingly watching ads on smart TVs, was reportedly taken down recently through the collaboration of industry players, notably Roku and Google. more

A Look Back at the 2016 U.S. Elections-Related Attacks

The 2016 U.S. elections sparked a lot of controversies, as several law enforcement agents and security researchers believed countries like Russia may have greatly influenced its turnout. We sought to find out more about it via an OSINT analysis using various domain and IP intelligence tools. more

WhoisXML API Enriches Its DNS Database Download Capabilities

WhoisXML API's repository of historical Domain Name System (DNS) lookup records continues to grow in volume and coverage. The DNS database download service has recently been expanded to now include six types of DNS databases. more

Top 100 Best Protected Global Brands Report, Europe Leads With Almost Half of Best Protected Brands

For the very first time, our parent company, Clarivate, has used its vast data libraries to discover which brands have had the greatest diligence, the highest care and deepest thought. The 2021 report identifies the most impactful and best-protected brands in the world, measuring brand strength through the analysis of advanced and unified IP data, including trademark information, global case law and digital domain name protection. more