Web Risk is a Google Cloud service that helps protect users from unsafe websites. It does this by checking URLs against Google's large and constantly updated lists of known dangerous sites. These include phishing sites, sites with malware, and sites that spread unwanted software. By using Web Risk, websites and applications can warn users about these dangerous links, prevent them from clicking on them, and stop the spread of harmful content.
Features
Analyzes billions of URLs daily, maintaining a database of over a million known unsafe URLs, including phishing sites, malware hosts, and sites distributing unwanted software.
Monitors the web for unauthorized use of a brand's assets and alerts the brand owner so they can take action to protect their reputation.
Offers high verdict accuracy with low false-positive rates, ensuring reliable threat detection without unnecessarily flagging legitimate websites.
Uses the same proven technology that powers Google Safe Browsing, protecting over five billion devices worldwide.
Provides up-to-date protection by constantly updating its threat list, ensuring users are safeguarded against the latest threats.
Offers a flexible API that allows developers to integrate its threat detection capabilities into their applications and platforms seamlessly.
How It Works
Learn how Web Risk protects users from unsafe websites.
Common Uses
Web Risk's API can be easily integrated into browsers, extensions, and security software to provide real-time protection against malicious websites, warning users before they access potentially harmful content.
Web Risk's API can be easily integrated into browsers, extensions, and security software to provide real-time protection against malicious websites, warning users before they access potentially harmful content.
Businesses can utilize Web Risk to enhance their firewall capabilities by filtering URLs based on Web Risk's threat intelligence, blocking access to known malicious websites and protecting their internal networks.
Businesses can utilize Web Risk to enhance their firewall capabilities by filtering URLs based on Web Risk's threat intelligence, blocking access to known malicious websites and protecting their internal networks.
Email providers can use Web Risk to scan URLs embedded in emails for potential threats, preventing phishing attacks and malware distribution through email links.
Email providers can use Web Risk to scan URLs embedded in emails for potential threats, preventing phishing attacks and malware distribution through email links.
Social media platforms and online communities can leverage Web Risk to identify and remove harmful content, such as posts containing links to phishing sites or malware.
Social media platforms and online communities can leverage Web Risk to identify and remove harmful content, such as posts containing links to phishing sites or malware.
Advertising platforms can use Web Risk to scan URLs in advertisements, ensuring that ads do not lead users to unsafe websites and protecting the platform's reputation.
Advertising platforms can use Web Risk to scan URLs in advertisements, ensuring that ads do not lead users to unsafe websites and protecting the platform's reputation.
Pricing
Web Risk pricing | Price by monthly usage for Lookup, Update, and Submission APIs. | |||
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API features | Call type | 1 to 100,000 calls/month | 100,001 to 10,000,000 calls/month | 10,000,001+ calls/month |
Lookup API | uris.search | No cost | $0.50 per 1,000 URLs | |
Lookup and Update API | hashes.search | $50 per 1,000 calls | ||
threatLists.computeDiff to update your local database | Free | |||
Update API | hashes.search to confirm threats | $50 per 1,000 calls | ||
threatLists.computeDiff to update your local database | Free | |||
Call type | 1 to 100 submissions a month | 101 to 200 submissions a month | More than 200 submissions a month | |
Submission API | uris.submit | Free | $2 per call |
For more detailed pricing information, please view the pricing guide.
Web Risk pricing
Price by monthly usage for Lookup, Update, and Submission APIs.
Lookup API
uris.search
No cost
$0.50 per 1,000 URLs
Lookup and Update API
hashes.search
$50 per 1,000 calls
threatLists.computeDiff to update your local database
Free
Update API
hashes.search to confirm threats
$50 per 1,000 calls
threatLists.computeDiff to update your local database
Free
Call type
1 to 100 submissions a month
101 to 200 submissions a month
More than 200 submissions a month
Submission API
uris.submit
Free
$2 per call
For more detailed pricing information, please view the pricing guide.
Business Case
Reddit uses Web Risk to protect users against phishing, malware, and social engineering
"Since deploying Web Risk, we have been able to take down tens of thousands of posts that contained harmful URLs. Additionally, we have been able to proactively identify tens of thousands of malicious links that would have otherwise been published on our platform, potentially harming our users."
Spencer Koch, Principal Security Engineer, Reddit
Read the blogFeatured benefits
Real-time identification of unsafe URLs.
High-volume scanning.
Nuanced response with risk scoring.
FAQ
Web Risk is a Google Cloud service that helps protect users from unsafe websites by checking URLs against Google's constantly updated list of known threats like phishing, malware, and unwanted software.
Web Risk uses a variety of technologies, including machine learning and human review, to identify and categorize unsafe URLs. It then provides APIs that developers can use to check URLs in their applications and websites.
To get started with Web Risk, create a Google Cloud Project and enable the Web Risk API. You can then use the API to check URLs in your applications and websites.
Web Risk offers a free tier for low-volume usage. For higher volumes, you can choose a paid plan that best suits your needs.
Web Risk protects against a wide range of online threats, including phishing, malware, unwanted software, and social engineering.
Web Risk does not collect any PII. The URLs that are checked are hashed before they are sent to Google, so your users' privacy is protected.
Yes, you can use Web Risk to scan your own website for unsafe URLs. This can help you identify and fix any vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers.