Cyber & IT Supervisory Forum - Additional Resources

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shortening to conceal their links' true destinations. 77 The following websites will help you in figuring out the legitimacy of shortened URLs.

Service

Website

CheckShortURL UnShorten.IT

https://checkshorturl.com/

https://unshorten.it/

7.6.2.2 URL Scanning Websites URL scanners are websites and that let you enter the URL of a suspicious link and check it for safety. 78 The following websites will help you in figuring out the legitimacy of shortened URLs.

Service

Website

VirusTotal

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/url

Norton SafeWeb

https://safeweb.norton.com/ https://www.urlvoid.com/ https://www.phishtank.com/

URLVoid

PhishTank

7.6.2.3 Reporting Suspicious URLs When it comes to reporting suspicious URLs, there are several options available to you. As organizations often collect their own data about suspicious URLs, it is recommended that users who encounter suspicious URLs notify the appropriate personnel. In addition, the following resources are available:

Agency

Website

FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)

https://www.ic3.gov/Home/ComplaintChoice https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/report-phishing

https://apwg.org/reportphishing/

Google Report Phishing Page

https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en

Bing Report Phishing Page

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/concern/bing

It should be noted that US-CERT partners with the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) 79 to collect phishing email messages and website locations to help people avoid becoming victims of phishing scams. You can also report phishing to APWG by sending email to phishing-report@us-cert.gov

Browser Fingerprinting Browser Fingerprinting, which is difficult to block, is based on the idea that every computer configuration is unique in some way. 80 Whenever you go online, your computer or device provides the sites you visit with highly specific information about your operating system, settings, and even hardware. The use of this information to identify and track you online is known as device or browser fingerprinting. 81 A lot of that data is directly available to the sites you visit, usually for compatibility purposes. While cookie tracking works by placing a unique identifier on a person’s web browser, fingerprinting takes place when a company creates a profile of your device’s unique characteristics. 82

All web browsers collect the following 10 types of data about you:

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