Case Study: Maltego enhances cybercrime investigations with WhoisXML API transforms

WhoisXML API Transforms Now Available on Maltego

Maltego, an open-source intelligence platform used by security investigators, needed better ways to gather reliable evidence for cybercrime investigations and connect scattered data sources. To strengthen its investigation workflows, it added WhoisXML API as one of its threat intelligence providers.

WhoisXML API transforms were integrated into Maltego to bring in current and historical WHOIS and DNS records, along with reverse WHOIS search capabilities. This let users identify domain owners, trace past ownership, uncover hidden domain associations, and visually map relationships between domains, IPs, and other entities. The case study highlights improved investigative visibility and richer evidence gathering, though it does not cite a specific numerical impact.

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