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# 2. Detect a Phishing attack

## 1. Detect Phishing using Netcraft

The Netcraft anti-phishing community is a giant neighborhood watch scheme, empowering the most alert and most expert members to defend everyone within the community against phishing attacks. The Netcraft Extension provides updated and extensive information about sites that users visit regularly; it also blocks dangerous sites. This information helps users to make an informed choice about the integrity of those sites.

{% embed url="<https://www.netcraft.com/apps/>" %}

Addon to detect phishing website.

## <mark style="color:red;">2. Detect Phishing using PhishTank</mark>

You can check status of any phishing site.

{% embed url="<https://phishtank.org/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.udemy.com/course/ethical-hacker-practical/?referralCode=289CF01CF51246BCAD6C>" %}


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