Phishing and Communication Channels: A Guide to Identifying and Mitigating Phishing Attacks

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G. SonowalPhishing and Communication Channelshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7744-7_4

4. What Does a Phishing URL Look Like?

Gunikhan Sonowal¹  

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Tinsukia, Assam, India

 

A uniform resource locator (URL) designates a specific Internet resource such as a web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. These are all examples of resources stored on a server. Figure 4-1 shows the structure of a URL, which is made up of several sections. Specifically, a URL primarily consists of a protocol, subdomain, domain, and top-level domain. A URL may optionally include a path, port, query, or search parameter after the domain.

Figure 4-1

Example of URL ...