Validin Adds Searchable Archive of Exposed Web Directories for Threat Investigations
Summary
Validin has launched Open Directories in beta for Enterprise customers, letting analysts search and inspect archived web directories and files, including historical changes, to add context to infrastructure investigations.
Key points
- Validin continuously identifies and collects web-accessible directories, including their listings and, when available, file contents.
- Analysts can search by infrastructure details such as domain, IP address, and port, or by file attributes including names, types, dates, and hashes.
- The Explorer lets users browse captured directory structures, preview some files, and download collected content for further analysis.
- Validin distinguishes files whose contents it fetched from filenames that appeared in listings but were not collected.
- Users can compare directory captures over time to identify added, removed, or changed files and subdirectories.
- The dataset may provide investigation context when exposed directories contain material such as malware, scripts, phishing kits, or logs. Open Directories is in beta for Validin Enterprise customers.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Beta launch of Validin’s Open Directories capability for Enterprise customers.
- Impact
- Enterprise customers can search archived open-directory listings and collected files, inspect exposed content, and compare directory captures over time. The article reports no specific security incident or affected victim.
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Open DirectoriesValidin now archives open directories exposed across the internet, so Enterprise users can search, browse, and compare the folders and files they contain.ValidinValidin now archives open directories exposed across the internet, so Enterprise users can search, browse, and compare the folders and files they contain.