WHOIS Lookup
- WHOIS databases are maintained by Regional Internet Registries and contain the personal information of domain owners.
- WHOIS query returns:
- Domain name details
- Contact details of domain owner
- Domain name servers
- NetRange
- When a domain has been created
- Expiry records
- Records last updated
- Information obtained from WHOIS database assists an attacker to:
- Gather personal information that assists to perform social engineering
- Regional Internet Registries (RIRs):
- AFRINIC (African Network Information Center)
- ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers)
- APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Center)
- RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre)
- LACNIC (Latin American and Caribbean Network Information Center)
WHOIS Lookup Result Analysis