Open-source tools for threat intelligence
As mentioned earlier, DHS partners with the intelligence community to enhance its own intelligence, and this is pretty much standard in this field. Collaboration and information sharing are the foundations of the intelligence community. There are many open-source threat intelligence tools out there that can be used. Some are commercial tools (paid), and some are free. You can start consuming threat intelligence by consuming TI feeds. OPSWAT MetaDefender Cloud TI feeds have a variety of options that range from free to paid versions, and they can be delivered in four different formats: JSON, CSV, RSS, and Bro.
For more information about MetaDefender Cloud TI feeds, visit https://www.metadefender.com/threat-intelligence-feeds.
Another option for quick verification is the website https://fraudguard.io. You can perform a quick IP validation to obtain threat intel from that location. In the example that follows, the IP 220.227.71.226 was...