Validin Adds Open Directories API, Advanced Search, and Host Response History Features
Summary
Validin added an Open Directories API in beta, file-level search results and downloads, OR and cross-source Advanced Search, and a host-response timeline and table presets for tracking infrastructure changes.
Key points
- Open Directories captures now appear on domain and IP detail pages, and captured directories can be downloaded as ZIP or TAR.GZ archives.
- Search results identify matching files and the conditions each file satisfied.
- The beta Open Directories API supports searching data, retrieving captures for domains, IPs, CIDR ranges, and URLs, and looking up files by cryptographic hash.
- Advanced Search now supports OR queries and combinations of host-response, DNS, and domain-registration attributes.
- A new Host Responses timeline tracks when observed services appear, change, or disappear; table presets help review historical data.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Cybersecurity product update
- Impact
- Validin added Open Directories on domain and IP detail pages, file-level search results, and a beta API for searching and retrieving exposed-directory captures. Advanced Search now supports OR and more cross-source attribute combinations, while host-response timelines and table presets help users examine infrastructure changes over time. The article reports product capabilities and no specific security incident or victim impact.