OSINT for Security Researchers: Threat Intel & Incident Response
From phishing-domain attribution to wallet-flow tracing, Skopio gives security teams the OSINT inputs they need in the format they need them — JSON via API, structured reports in the bot.
Overview
Security research and incident response require OSINT inputs at speed: which IP is hosting the C2, what domains share registrant fingerprints, is the suspected actor's username persistent across forums. Skopio aggregates 22+ legitimate OSINT sources optimized for these workflows. The Telegram bot delivers ad-hoc queries during active incidents; the enterprise API integrates into SOAR/SIEM playbooks for automated enrichment.
Real-world scenarios
5 concrete situations and how Skopio solves each.
Phishing-domain attribution
A new phishing campaign targets your customers. You need to identify the registrant, related domains, and infrastructure pattern.
Domain lookup returns WHOIS, certificate transparency history, related domains by registrant, hosting infrastructure. Pivot from any indicator to find adjacent infrastructure.
C2 IP investigation
Your endpoint-detection system flags traffic to a suspicious IP. You need geo, ASN, abuse score, and historical hostnames immediately.
IP category returns geo + ASN + AbuseIPDB score + 47 threat-intel feed correlations + Shodan-style port data + historical reverse-DNS in one report.
Threat-actor identity tracking
An actor uses pseudonyms across forums. You need to determine if 'darkpoet99' on one forum and 'darkpoet99' on another are the same person.
Username search across 350+ platforms with confidence scoring. Confirmed = username + cross-signal match. Likely = username only. Helps you decide where to invest deeper investigation.
Ransomware payment tracing
Ransomware demand specifies a Bitcoin address. You need transaction history, exchange clusters, and sanction status.
Wallet category returns full transaction history, exchange-deposit detection, OFAC/Chainalysis sanction status. Trace funds across multi-hop graph.
Credential-stuffing campaign analysis
Surge of failed logins from a specific email pattern. You suspect credentials from a recent breach.
Bulk email lookup against breach corpus identifies which breach the credentials likely came from. Helps choose mitigation (rotate credentials in affected services, enable enhanced auth on the affected user pool).
Time savings
Per-incident OSINT enrichment manually: 30-60 minutes per indicator (whois, dig, AbuseIPDB, Shodan, blockchain explorer). Skopio API collapses this into one query per indicator, batchable. For a SOC processing 100 indicators/shift, that's tens of hours/shift returned.
All OSINT sources Skopio uses are publicly available. We do not provide access to law-enforcement-only data, classified threat intel, or attacker infrastructure. EU-based and GDPR-compliant. Output is for security-research purposes; combine with regulated threat-intel feeds (e.g., commercial CTI vendors) for compliance-bound use cases.
Frequently asked questions
Can Skopio integrate with our SOAR/SIEM?+
Yes. JSON-output enterprise API. Pre-built integration patterns for Splunk, Elastic, ThreatConnect on request via /support.
Does Skopio offer YARA rules / IOCs?+
No. We're an OSINT data layer, not a CTI feed. Pair Skopio with a CTI provider (Recorded Future, Mandiant, ThreatConnect) for IOCs and rules. Use Skopio for the enrichment-of-indicators side.
Can I trace a wallet across multiple chains?+
Yes for BTC, ETH, USDT (ERC-20 and TRC-20). Cross-chain bridge analysis is on roadmap.
Free tier for individual researchers?+
1 query per day, every day, free forever. Sufficient for individual researchers, students, hobbyists. For active SOC use, enterprise volume tiers apply.
How comprehensive is the API?+
All sources are queried in parallel and consolidated into one response per indicator. Username and reverse-image queries fan out to the most platforms; simpler categories (IP/domain) finish faster.
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