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Should I use PhishTank?
PhishTank is operated by Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. - phishtank.org
· 5 days ago
Use it if you run a SIEM or SOAR (Splunk, ServiceNow, TheHive) and want a free extra phishing signal for enrichment. Don't rely on it as your only defense or as a small-business phishing protection product, false-positive delisting is its weakest point.
Medium. Based on ~50 public sources; pricing is unambiguous (free) but support and data-quality claims rest mainly on user forums.
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Free
high
A false listing can get your domain suspended; delisting is slow and unresponsive.
high
Free means no SLA or support; false-positive tickets reportedly go unanswered.
medium
Critics question data freshness; cross-check other feeds before auto-blocking.
medium
It only helps inside tooling; third-party delisting services exist because support isn't included.
Value for money: 5/5
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No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Security teams still plug the free feed into Splunk and ServiceNow, but users complain about false positives and slow delisting.
“Phishtank won't remove my legit website from database”
“Somebody reported my blog to Phishtank and they suspended my domain name.”
“What happened to phishtank?”
Compare PhishTank with each alternative.
Free malware URL feed; common side-by-side alternative.
Commercial phishing URL detection, ranked among top feeds.
Visual AI phishing detection for image-based attacks.
Commercial domain and IP reputation scoring.
Based on ~50 public sources; pricing is unambiguous (free) but support and data-quality claims rest mainly on user forums.
Free, community-run phishing URL feed. Good secondary signal for SOC tooling; risky as a sole source.
Based on ~50 public sources; pricing is unambiguous (free) but support and data-quality claims rest mainly on user forums.
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