Case Study: University of Massachusetts, Amherst improves Android app domain risk analysis with WhoisXML API's WHOIS History API

University of Massachusetts, Amherst reduces domain history preprocessing time by 60–70% with WhoisXML API

A research assistant at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst faced the challenge of detecting domain ownership changes over time to evaluate security risks in Android apps. Traditional WHOIS queries only provided current registrant data, making it difficult to determine if a domain had been re-registered by a malicious party after being embedded in an app. To solve this, they turned to WhoisXML API and its WHOIS History API.

WhoisXML API provided the solution with its WHOIS History API, which granted access to billions of well-parsed, historical domain records. This enabled precise analysis of ownership changes and significantly reduced data collection and preprocessing time by 60-70%, improving the accuracy and efficiency of the security research.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst