There’s loads of services out there that form part of your security analysis toolset. With the likes of Alien Vault, SpamHaus, VirusTotal to name a few, running checks can often be time-consuming, where the checks you run can differ depending on what it is you’re checking. This is where the Dracoeye IOC (Indicator Of Compromise) checker comes in handy.
Initially an idea in the back of our Director of Technology, Richard Benfield’s head, we did some research and found that there isn’t that killer one-stop shop where you can quickly run a check that searches for vulnerabilities among the big players, or the small ones either. Crucially, where similar services do exist, they may exist only for one target; whether that be a file hash, an IP address, a domain or an email address. This is why we made Dracoeye.
DracoEye IOC Checker - a team effort
This has been a team effort, involving practically the whole company. From our Development and Engineering department to Creative and SOC teams – everyone has had an input into the scoping and development of the service. As an open beta, we’re incredibly proud of what we’ve built, but this is just the start.
Aimed initially at the cyber security community, our ideas for Dracoeye span multiple communities in the IT sector. As we share Dracoeye as an open beta service, we’re busy expanding the toolset to offer more than just vulnerability lookups. I’m not going to ruin the surprise, but we’ve got big plans. As we’re gathering feedback from you, our lovely and vibrant community, we’re building the next generation of features, while keeping with our ethos of “One box, one result page, all the things”.
What to expect moving Forward
The engineering behind the Dracoeye IOC checker isn’t anything complicated. We’ve not re-invented the wheel, just made an aggregator of the aggregators, and the stand-alone services too. The difficulty (and our key USP) is how this data is searched for and presented back. Before we started writing any code, we knew Dracoeye had to be:
- Quick
- Comprehensive
- Easy to use
- Expansible
- Free to use
- Provide real value to our users
Your community needs YOU!
Throughout the beta phase, we encourage you to provide feedback as you use the tool as this is what informs and drives our roadmap.
Got an idea?
Let us know!
We’re excited about where this could go and we’re really looking forward to knowing your thoughts.
Visit Dracoeye to try it yourself This isn’t the only tool we’ve got in active development. Be sure to follow us on our Social Media channels for the other projects we’re cooking up.
