Case Study: Somaiya Vidyavihar University achieves faster phishing detection with WhoisXML API Brand Alert API

Somaiya Vidyavihar University & WhoisXML API Faster Phishing Detection

Somaiya Vidyavihar University, through a student-led team building the CatchPhish project during its iDEA Hackathon, needed a better way to detect and block phishing sites that relied on typosquatting and bank-domain lookalikes. Manual monitoring was too slow and unscalable, and traditional domain tools could not keep up with fast-changing phishing threats. The team used WhoisXML API’s Brand Alert API to address this challenge.

With WhoisXML API’s Brand Alert API, the team automated real-time detection of suspicious domains that resembled legitimate bank brands, making integration easier and monitoring far more efficient. The solution helped CatchPhish improve phishing detection accuracy by 40%, block threats 30% faster, and save 60% of the time previously spent on manual monitoring.

Somaiya Vidyavihar University

Pradyum Mistry

Backend Developer