Censys

Censys Threat Hunting API

Endpoints related to the Adversary Investigation product

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Business capability

Threat Detection & Response Management BC-620.30

Operations 13

GET /v3/threat-hunting/censeye/jobs Censys CensEye: List Jobs #

POST /v3/threat-hunting/censeye/jobs Censys CensEye: Create a Pivot Analysis Job #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/censeye/jobs/{job_id} Censys CensEye: Get Job Status #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/censeye/jobs/{job_id}/results Censys CensEye: Get Job Results #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/certificate/{certificate_id}/observations/hosts Censys Get Host History for a Certificate #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/host/{ip}/observations/endpoints Censys Get Endpoint Observation History for a Host #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/host/{ip}/observations/fingerprints Censys Get Fingerprint Observation History for a Host #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/host/{ip}/observations/threats Censys Get Threat History for a Host #

POST /v3/threat-hunting/scans/discovery Censys Live Discovery: Initiate a New Scan #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/scans/{scan_id} Censys Get Scan Status #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/threats Censys List Active Threats #

POST /v3/threat-hunting/value-counts Censys CensEye: Retrieve Value Counts to Discover Pivots #

GET /v3/threat-hunting/web/{webproperty_id}/observations/threats Censys Get Threat History for a Web Property #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@censys.com
    name: Censys Inc.
    url: https://censys.com
  title: Censys Platform Threat Hunting API
  version: 1.0.103
  description: Endpoints related to the Adversary Investigation product
servers:
- description: The Censys Platform API
  url: https://api.platform.censys.io
tags:


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