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Browser Phishing Risk Analyzer

Overview

Browser Phishing Risk Analyzer is a browser extension designed to evaluate the active page URL for common phishing indicators and present explainable risk feedback to the user.

This project is positioned as a recruiter-ready and business-facing browser safety utility for safer browsing awareness, phishing education, and defensive user support. It checks URL characteristics, suspicious terms, and other lightweight indicators to estimate whether a page deserves additional caution.

The extension includes:

  • URL-Based Risk Analysis
  • Popup-Based Review Interface
  • In-Page Warning Banner For Higher-Risk Results
  • Explainable Risk Reasons

Real-World Business Use Case

This project maps to realistic defensive security workflows used by:

  • Security Awareness Teams
  • IT Administrators
  • Small Business Support Teams
  • Browser Safety Tool Builders
  • Cybersecurity Students
  • Internal Security Education Programs

A company may need to answer questions such as:

  • How can users be warned about suspicious links more clearly?
  • How can phishing signals be explained instead of only flagged?
  • How can a lightweight browser extension support safer browsing behavior?
  • How can defensive browser tooling be demonstrated in a portfolio?

This kind of extension could be used as part of security awareness training, employee browsing safety initiatives, or defensive browser utility prototypes.

Key Features

  • Active URL Analysis
  • Risk Scoring
  • Low / Medium / High Risk Classification
  • Explainable Risk Reasons
  • Popup-Based URL Review
  • In-Page Warning Banner For Higher-Risk Pages
  • Browser Extension Structure Using Manifest V3

Tech Stack

  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Browser Extension APIs
  • Manifest V3

Project Structure

Browser-Phishing-Risk-Analyzer/
|-- manifest.json
|-- background.js
|-- riskEngine.js
|-- content.js
|-- popup.html
|-- popup.js
|-- styles.css
|-- README.md
|-- docs/
|   |-- images/
|       |-- phishing-banner-high-risk.png