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FREE ONLINE TOOLS FOR LOOKING UP POTENTIALLY MALICIOUS WEBSITES

Several organizations offer free online tools for looking up a potentially
malicious website. Some of these tools provide historical information; others
examine the URL in real time to identify threats:

 * AbuseIPDB: Provides reputation data about the IP address or hostname
 * Auth0 Signals: Checks IP address reputation; supports API
 * BrightCloud URL/IP Lookup: Presents historical reputation data about the
   website
 * CheckPhish: Checks whether the URL is a fraudulent site
 * Cloudflare Radar: Provides many details about the system
 * CyberGordon: Look up the website (and other observables) across several
   services
 * Desenmascara.me: Flags websites suspected of selling counterfeit products
 * Email Blocklist Checker: Checks the domain name or IP address against email
   blocklists (email address required, opts into marketing).
 * FileScan.io: Examines the URL in real time
 * FortiGuard lookup: Displays the URL's history and category
 * Google Safe Browsing: Look up the website's current status
 * hashdd: Provides historical data about IPs, URLs, etc.
 * IBM X-Force Exchange: Provides historical data about IPs, URLs, etc.
 * IPQualityScore: Presents a risk ranking for the IP address
 * Joe Sandbox URL Analyzer: Examines the URL in real time
 * Ironscales Fake Login URL Scanner: Examines the URL for signs of phishing
 * Is It Hacked: Performs several checks in real time and consults some
   blacklists
 * IsItPhishing: Assesses the specified URL in real-time
 * Kaspersky Threat Intel Portal: Looks up the IP, URL, or domain in a blacklist
 * Norton Safe Web: Presents historical reputation data about the website
 * Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering: Looks up the URL in a blacklist
 * PhishTank: Looks up the URL in its database of known phishing websites
 * PolySwarm: Uses several services to examine the website or look up the URL
 * Malware Domain List: Looks up recently-reported malicious websites
 * MalwareURL: Looks up the URL in its historical list of malicious websites
 * McAfee Site Lookup: Checks URL reputation in various McAfee lists
 * MxToolbox: Queries multiple reputational sources for information about the IP
   or domain
 * Open Threat Exchange: Presents diverse threat intelligence data from
   AlienVault
 * PassiveTotal: Presents passive DNS and other threat intelligence data
 * Pulsedive: Presents historical data and queries for additional information
 * Quttera ThreatSign: Scans the specified URL for the presence of malware
 * Scamadviser: Checks whether the website is likely a shopping scam
 * SecurityTrails: Provides current and historical domain or system data
 * Sucuri SiteCheck: Scans the URL for malware in real-time and looks it up in
   several blacklists
 * Talos Reputation Lookup: Presents historical reputation data about the
   website
 * Trend Micro Site Safety Center: Presents historical reputation data about the
   website
 * ThreatSTOP Check IoC: Looks up the UP or domain in a blacklist (requires your
   email address)
 * urlscan.io: Examines the URL in real time and displays the requests it
   issues to render the page
 * URLVoid and IPVoid: Looks up the URL or IP across several services
 * VirusTotal: Looks up the URL in several databases of malicious sites
 * ThreatMiner: Presents diverse threat intelligence data
 * WebPulse Site Review: Looks up the website in BlueCoat's database
 * Zscaler Zulu URL Risk Analyzer: Examines the URL using real-time and
   historical techniques
 * zveloLive: Looks up the website in its database of categories

Any on-line tools that should be on this list, but are missing? Let me know. My
other lists of on-line security resources outline Automated Malware Analysis
Services and Blocklists of Suspected Malicious IPs and URLs.

Updated March 21, 2023
Lenny Zeltser


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I transform ideas into successful outcomes, building on my 25 years of
experience in cybersecurity. As the CISO at Axonius, I lead the security program
to earn customers' trust. I'm also a Faculty Fellow at SANS Institute, where I
author and deliver training for incident responders. The diversity of
cybersecurity roles I've held over the years and the accumulated expertise,
allow me to create practical solutions that drive business growth.

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