Phishing links can steal sensitive data like employee IDs, passwords, or credit card numbers. Cyber criminals often disguise these phishing links to look legitimate. They may use shortened URLs, masked characters, or typos to trick unsuspecting users into clicking them. These phishing attacks are called “social engineering” by cybersecurity professionals. Using a link phishing checker is a useful way to make sure the link you’re about to click is safe.

Link phishing checker scan the link and determine where it leads to. If the phishing checker detects that the link leads to a malicious site, it will alert you. You should avoid visiting these sites because they can track your personal information or download viruses into your device.

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Whether you’re receiving a link through email (email phishing), text messages or other messaging apps (smishing) or social media, determining if the link is safe can help keep you and your organization safe. You can do this by hovering over the link and checking its real destination address.

You can also check a link with a URL phishing tool such as EasyDMARC. This free tool scans and analyzes up to 20 links at a time, detecting and displaying the URL status as either safe or suspicious. Its ability to scan images and other files is especially valuable for identifying phishing sites that employ techniques such as image retagging, hiding the true destination URL with a cloaked address, or redirecting users from a legitimate page to the attacker’s phishing landing page.