Is it a dangerous website?
One question that I am frequently asked is, "Is this website safe?" Determining the safety of a website is a challenge, the site functions might be safe, but the content inside might be suspect or dangerous. There is not one single way to determine if a website is safe, but I have found a site that can help.
For every website that you submit, zscaler provides a risk assessment,Benign, Low, Medium, or High, based on the following factors,
- Content Checks – Inspection of page content to identify potentially malicious code in a variety of categories
- URL Checks – Inspection of the full URL to identify malicious patterns and check the URL/FQDN/TLD against third party and Zscaler block lists
This is a good tool to help understand the risk associated with websites, but ultimately the decision to yours on weather a website is safe.
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