Technical & Infrastructure Check n°117 / 120

Malicious outbound links

A site can unknowingly link to malicious pages — following a hack of one of its partners or an expired domain reused by attackers. This chec…

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How TheSiteFuse checks "Malicious outbound links"

A site can unknowingly link to malicious pages — following a hack of one of its partners or an expired domain reused by attackers. This check verifies all outbound links on the homepage against Google Safe Browsing.

Real-world impact of "Malicious outbound links"

Linking to malicious content harms SEO (Google may penalise or delist the site) and exposes visitors to risk. A site can host a dangerous link without knowing it if a partner has been compromised.

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