> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.aegister.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Check an IP, domain or URL

> Look up an IP address, a domain, a URL or a file in Aegister Threat Intelligence and read the result: crime score, threat level, reports, MITRE ATT&CK techniques and origin.

Before you trust an address that appears in your logs, a link in an email or a file someone sent you,
you can check whether it has been reported. Threat Intelligence looks it up in the OneFirewall alliance, whose
members report the threats they see, and tells you how risky it is.

## What you can look up

| What | Example | How to enter it |
| - | - | - |
| **IPv4 address** | `203.0.113.45` | the address alone |
| **URL** | `https://www.example.com/login` | with `http://` or `https://` |
| **Domain** | `example.com` | the name alone |
| **File digest** | an MD5, SHA-1 or SHA-256 fingerprint | the hexadecimal string |
| **File** | any file on your computer | drop it on the page |

As you type, the field names the kind of value it recognised. A value it cannot look up is marked **Not
something we can look up**. Only IPv4 addresses are recognised, not IPv6 ones.

Each kind of lookup needs its own Threat Intelligence licence (IP addresses, URLs, domains, files). A kind
your organization does not have is shown with a lock; looking it up says that these lookups are not in
your plan, and an Owner can click **Acquire license** to ask Aegister for it. Every role (Viewer, Security
Officer, Owner) can run lookups.

## Where to look it up

* **Perimeter Protection → Threat Intelligence** in the side menu
  ([app.aegister.com/perimeter-protection/threat-intelligence/](https://app.aegister.com/perimeter-protection/threat-intelligence/)):
  paste the value in the field and click **Check**, or drop a file on **Or drop a file here, or choose
  one**.
* **The home page**: the search field at the top, **Threat Intelligence: look up an IP, URL, domain or
  hash**, opens the result directly. It is shown when your organization has the IP address licence.
* **The search palette** (⌘K or Ctrl+K): type a value and pick **Look up … in Threat Intelligence**.

<Note>
  A file is never uploaded: your browser computes its SHA-256 fingerprint and only that is looked up. Very
  large files (over about 2 GB on a computer, 500 MB on a phone) cannot be read in a browser.
</Note>

The page remembers your last six lookups under **Recent**, in this browser only. The address bar keeps
the lookup (for example `…/threat-intelligence/#ip?q=203.0.113.45`), so you can send the link to a
colleague who has access.

## Read the result

Every result opens with the same verdict.

### Crime score and threat level

The **Crime score** sums up how risky the value is. The bar below it places it on five levels:

| Level | Crime score | Headline |
| - | - | - |
| **No risk** | 0 | No current risk |
| **Low** | 1 to 49 | Reported, low risk |
| **Medium** | 50 to 99 | Reported: treat with care |
| **High** | 100 to 149 | Likely malicious |
| **Critical** | 150 and above | Do not trust this address (or URL, domain, file) |

A sentence beside the score says how many times it was reported, by how many alliance members and since
when, and for an IP address what it was reported for most often.

### The facts

* **Reports**: how many reports it received.
* **Alliance members**: how many members reported it.
* **First reported** and **Last reported**: when it was first and last seen.

For an IP address the verdict also shows **Network** (the autonomous system and its name), **Domain** and
**Located in** (the country). For a file it shows its SHA-256, SHA-1 and MD5 fingerprints and its type.
URLs, domains and files can also carry tags describing the threat.

### The full report for an IP address

An IP address gets a full report below the verdict, with an index of its sections:

* **Score over time**: how the crime score changed, with the lowest and highest values.
* **What it was reported for**: the kinds of activity reported, the number of Suricata / Emerging
  Threats signatures it triggered and the **MITRE ATT\&CK tactics** involved.
* **Techniques and defences**: each MITRE ATT\&CK technique (for example `T1110`), linked to the MITRE
  site, with **How to defend** against it when a defence is known.
* **Who reported it**: the alliance members that reported it and **Their sectors**.
* **Where it was reported from**: the countries the reports came from.
* **Seen by Aegister sensors**: what Aegister's own sensors (Cloud Defender, Threat Blocker) reported
  about this address: **When**, **Source**, **Confidence** and **What was seen**.
* **STIX indicators**: machine-readable indicators for a SIEM or firewall, which you can download as a
  `.json` file.

### When nothing is found

**Nothing reported** means the value has no reports in the alliance. That is not a guarantee: new
threats are reported every day.

If the lookup service does not answer in time, the page says **The lookup did not answer**: click
**Retry**.

## The PDF report

For an IP address, **Report PDF** at the top of the result opens a Threat Intelligence report in PDF:
the crime score, the address's network details, its score over time, the MITRE ATT\&CK techniques, the
reporting members and the STIX indicators. Attach it to a ticket or share it with someone who has no
access to the console. **Copy** copies the value
you looked up.

## What to do next

Malicious addresses are handled for you by the Aegister services you have:

* **[Threat Blocker](/documentation/en/atb/what-is-atb)** blocks the hosts whose crime score is at or
  above your threshold, both attackers reaching in and hosts your devices try to reach, and reports the
  malicious addresses it sees to the alliance automatically. Its status page shows your threshold and the
  hosts it blocked.
* **[Cloud Defender](/documentation/en/cloud-defender/what-is-cloud-defender)** does the same for your web
  applications: requests from sources known for attacking are refused before they reach your site, and
  the attacks it sees are reported automatically. The **Attackers** tab of its status page shows the
  reputation of each source.

Then:

* **High or Critical** and the address is not covered by those services: block it on your firewall or mail
  filter, and check your logs for other contacts with it.
* **Part of an incident**: add it as an indicator when you
  [notify the incident to ACN](/documentation/en/vciso/notify-an-incident-to-acn); the console checks it
  against Threat Intelligence for you.
* **Low, Medium or nothing reported**: use your judgement. A low score or no report does not prove that a
  value is safe.


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