Transparency Register
Data Sources
Every intelligence feed and API that BlackShield Core aggregates. 22 sources across 6 categories. Nothing is listed here unless it is wired up in the codebase.
Threat Intel
| Source Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
VirusTotalFeatured | Scan files, URLs, domains, and IP addresses against 70+ antivirus engines and threat intelligence feeds. The starting point for most artifact analysis. | Visit |
AbuseIPDBFeatured | Community-sourced IP abuse reports with confidence scores and category classifications. High-volume API available for SIEM integration. | Visit |
URLScan.io | Sandbox any URL in a real browser. Returns screenshots, DOM snapshots, outbound network connections, and detected technologies. | Visit |
AlienVault OTX | Open threat intelligence community. Submit and consume indicators, follow actor pulse feeds, and track emerging campaigns in real time. | Visit |
Pulsedive | Threat intelligence platform with enriched IoC data: WHOIS, passive DNS, threat associations, and risk scoring in a clean interface. | Visit |
DNS & Network
| Source Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
ShodanFeatured | Search engine for internet-exposed devices. Port data, service banners, CVE associations, and infrastructure mapping at global scale. | Visit |
ping.eu | External ping, traceroute, DNS lookup, port check, and WHOIS from geographically distributed nodes. Useful for validating external reachability. | Visit |
MXToolbox | DNS health checks, MX record lookup, blacklist monitoring, SMTP diagnostics, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC validation in one place. | Visit |
DNSdumpster | Passive DNS recon tool. Discovers hosts and subdomains related to a target domain without active scanning. | Visit |
Hurricane Electric BGP | ASN info, BGP routing tables, IP block ownership, and peering data for network infrastructure research and attribution. | Visit |
Email & Identity
| Source Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
Have I Been PwnedFeatured | Check if an email address or phone number has appeared in documented data breaches. Domain-level monitoring available for security teams. | Visit |
Hunter.io | Find and verify professional email addresses for any domain. Pattern inference, confidence scoring, and bulk verification API. | Visit |
EmailRep.io | Email reputation scoring using breach history, spam reports, domain age, and observed behavioral signals. | Visit |
Vulnerability
| Source Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
NVDFeatured | US National Vulnerability Database. CVE details, CVSS base scores, affected products, and remediation references. Authoritative source. | Visit |
Exploit-DB | Public exploit archive maintained by Offensive Security. Searchable by CVE, vendor, platform, type, and exploit category. | Visit |
CVE Details | CVE data with vendor and product drill-down, CVSS trend charts, and historical vulnerability counts per vendor over time. | Visit |
Infrastructure
| Source Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
SecurityTrailsFeatured | Historical DNS records, subdomain enumeration, IP history, and WHOIS data. Useful for passive infrastructure tracking and attribution. | Visit |
Radware Threat Intel | DDoS threat advisories, real-time attack intelligence, and botnet activity documentation from global network telemetry. | Visit |
Cloudflare Radar | Internet traffic trends, BGP route changes, DNS query statistics, and attack traffic patterns from Cloudflare's global network. | Visit |
Platforms
| Source Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
OSINT Framework | Categorized, browsable directory of OSINT tools and resources. Organised by investigation type with direct links to hundreds of tools. | Visit |
IntelX | Search engine for leaked data, historical records, dark web content, and paste sites. Useful for credential exposure research. | Visit |
Grep.app | Search across half a million public git repositories. Useful for finding exposed credentials, API keys, and misconfigured secrets. | Visit |