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What is Defanging?
Defanging makes malicious URLs, IPs, and emails safe to share by replacing active characters with bracketed versions, preventing accidental clicks and execution. Essential for threat intelligence sharing and security reporting.
→ hxxps://evil[.]com
→ http[:]//evil[.]com
→ h**ps[PROTOCOL]evil[DOT]com
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the URL Defanger
URL defanging makes malicious URLs unclickable by replacing characters like "." with "[.]" and "://" with "[://]". This prevents accidental clicks when sharing indicators of compromise (IOCs) in emails, reports, or chat. Defanging is a security best practice in threat intelligence and incident response.
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