URL Scanner
Scan URLs for phishing and malware
Check any URL against threat intelligence feeds, analyze redirect chains, and detect phishing attempts in real-time.
Get instant threat analysis with risk scores, threat categories, and detailed reports.
Key Features
Everything you need to protect your infrastructure and users
Redirect Analysis
Follow up to 10 redirects and expose the full redirect chain to catch cloaked threats.
Phishing Detection
ML-powered detection of phishing pages, even for brand-new sites not yet in blocklists.
Malware Scanning
Detect drive-by downloads, exploit kits, and malicious JavaScript on destination pages.
SSL/TLS Analysis
Check certificate validity, issuer, and detect suspicious certificate patterns.
Screenshot Capture
Get visual screenshots of scanned pages for manual verification.
Safe Browsing
Check against Google Safe Browsing, PhishTank, and other authoritative sources.
Use Cases
How security teams use this tool
Email Link Scanning
Check URLs in emails before users click to prevent phishing.
Chat/Messaging Security
Scan URLs shared in Slack, Teams, or other chat platforms.
Ad Verification
Verify advertiser landing pages are safe before serving ads.
Browser Extensions
Power safe browsing extensions with real-time URL checks.
Why URL Scanning Matters
URLs are the primary attack vector for delivering phishing pages, malware downloads, and exploit kits to unsuspecting users. A single malicious click can compromise credentials, install ransomware, or grant attackers persistent access to corporate networks. URL scanning provides a critical security layer by analyzing links before users interact with them, checking not just the visible URL but following redirect chains, inspecting landing pages, and detecting threats that evade traditional blocklists.
How URL Scanning Works
Our URL scanner performs comprehensive analysis in multiple stages: first, we parse and validate the URL structure looking for suspicious patterns and encoding tricks. Next, we check the domain and IP against reputation databases. Then we follow up to 10 redirects, recording each hop in the chain to expose cloaked destinations. For advanced scans, we render the page in a sandboxed browser, capture screenshots, analyze JavaScript behavior, and check for credential harvesting forms or malicious downloads. All results are available in under 2 seconds.
Common URL-Based Threats
Attackers weaponize URLs in numerous ways: phishing URLs mimic legitimate login pages to harvest credentials, malware URLs trigger drive-by downloads when visited, redirect chains bounce through multiple domains to evade detection, URL shorteners obscure malicious destinations, typosquatted URLs exploit typing mistakes, and watering hole URLs compromise trusted sites to target specific organizations. Our scanner detects all these patterns using signature-based detection, machine learning, and behavioral analysis.
Protecting Your Organization from URL Threats
Implement URL scanning at multiple layers for defense in depth: scan URLs in emails before delivery, check links in chat messages and collaboration platforms, integrate with browser extensions for real-time protection, add scanning to your web proxy, and validate URLs in customer submissions to prevent abuse of your platform. Our API enables all these use cases with consistent threat intelligence and customizable risk thresholds for different security contexts.
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