Phishing URL Blocklist

• Formats
  • URL-based
  • Domain-based
  • Hosts-based
  • Domain-based (AdGuard Home)
  • URL-based (AdGuard)
  • URL-based (Vivaldi)
  • Dnsmasq
  • BIND zone
  • RPZ
  • Unbound
  • dnscrypt-proxy
  • Tracking Protection List (IE)
  • Snort2
  • Snort3
  • Suricata
  • Splunk
• Compressed version
• Reporting issues
• See also
• FAQ and Guides
• CI Variables
• License

A blocklist of phishing websites, curated from PhishTank, OpenPhish, phishunt.io. Blocklist is updated twice a day.

There are multiple formats available, refer to the appropriate section according to the program used:

• uBlock Origin (uBO) -> URL-based section (recommended)
• Pi-hole -> Domain-based or Hosts-based section
• AdGuard Home -> Domain-based (AdGuard Home) or Hosts-based section
• AdGuard browser extension -> URL-based (AdGuard)
• Vivaldi -> URL-based (Vivaldi)
• Hosts
• Dnsmasq
• BIND -> BIND zone or RPZ
• Unbound
• dnscrypt-proxy
• Internet Explorer -> Tracking Protection List (IE)
• Snort2
• Snort3
• Suricata
• Splunk

For other programs, see Compatibility page in the wiki.

Check out my other filters:

• urlhaus-filter
• pup-filter
• tracking-filter
• vn-badsite-filter

URL-based

Import the following URL into uBO to subscribe:

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter.txt

included by default in uBO >=1.39.0; to enable, head to "Filter lists" tab, expand "Malware domains" section and tick "Phishing URL Blocklist".

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter.txt
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter.txt

AdGuard Home users should use this blocklist.

URL-based (AdGuard)

Import the following URL into AdGuard browser extension to subscribe:

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-ag.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-ag.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-ag.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-ag.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-ag.txt
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-ag.txt

URL-based (Vivaldi)

Requires Vivaldi Desktop/Android 3.3+, blocking level must be at least "Block Trackers"

Import the following URL into Vivaldi's Tracker Blocking Sources to subscribe:

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-vivaldi.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-vivaldi.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-vivaldi.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-vivaldi.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-vivaldi.txt
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-vivaldi.txt

Domain-based

This blocklist includes domains and IP addresses.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-domains.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-domains.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-domains.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-domains.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-domains.txt
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-domains.txt

Domain-based (AdGuard Home)

This AdGuard Home-compatible blocklist includes domains and IP addresses.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-agh.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-agh.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-agh.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-agh.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-agh.txt
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-agh.txt

Hosts-based

This blocklist includes domains only.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-hosts.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-hosts.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-hosts.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-hosts.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-hosts.txt
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-hosts.txt

Dnsmasq

This blocklist includes domains only.

Save the ruleset to "/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq/phishing-filter-dnsmasq.conf". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure dnsmasq to use the blocklist:

printf "\nconf-file=/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq/phishing-filter-dnsmasq.conf\n" >> /etc/dnsmasq.conf

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-dnsmasq.conf

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-dnsmasq.conf
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-dnsmasq.conf
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-dnsmasq.conf
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-dnsmasq.conf
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-dnsmasq.conf

BIND

This blocklist includes domains only.

Save the ruleset to "/usr/local/etc/bind/phishing-filter-bind.conf". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure BIND to use the blocklist:

printf '\ninclude "/usr/local/etc/bind/phishing-filter-bind.conf";\n' >> /etc/bind/named.conf

Add this to "/etc/bind/null.zone.file" (skip this step if the file already exists):

$TTL    86400   ; one day
@       IN      SOA     ns.nullzone.loc. ns.nullzone.loc. (
               2017102203
                    28800
                     7200
                   864000
                    86400 )
                NS      ns.nullzone.loc.
                A       0.0.0.0
@       IN      A       0.0.0.0
*       IN      A       0.0.0.0

Zone file is derived from here.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-bind.conf

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-bind.conf
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-bind.conf
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-bind.conf
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-bind.conf
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-bind.conf

Response Policy Zone

This blocklist includes domains only.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-rpz.conf

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-rpz.conf
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-rpz.conf
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-rpz.conf
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-rpz.conf
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-rpz.conf

Unbound

This blocklist includes domains only.

Save the rulesets to "/usr/local/etc/unbound/phishing-filter-unbound.conf". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure Unbound to use the blocklist:

printf '\n include: "/usr/local/etc/unbound/phishing-filter-unbound.conf"\n' >> /etc/unbound/unbound.conf

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-unbound.conf

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-unbound.conf
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-unbound.conf
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-unbound.conf
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-unbound.conf
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-unbound.conf

dnscrypt-proxy

Save the rulesets to "/etc/dnscrypt-proxy/". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure dnscrypt-proxy to use the blocklist:

[blocked_names]
+  blocked_names_file = '/etc/dnscrypt-proxy/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt'

[blocked_ips]
+  blocked_ips_file = '/etc/dnscrypt-proxy/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-ips.txt'

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-ips.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt

• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt

• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt

• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-ips.txt

• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-ips.txt

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-ips.txt

• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-ips.txt

• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-ips.txt

Tracking Protection List (IE)

This blocklist includes domains only.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter.tpl

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter.tpl
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter.tpl
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter.tpl
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter.tpl
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter.tpl

Snort2

This ruleset includes online URLs only. Not compatible with Snort3.

Save the ruleset to "/etc/snort/rules/phishing-filter-snort2.rules". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure Snort to use the ruleset:

printf "\ninclude \$RULE_PATH/phishing-filter-snort2.rules\n" >> /etc/snort/snort.conf

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-snort2.rules

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-snort2.rules
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-snort2.rules
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-snort2.rules
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-snort2.rules
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-snort2.rules

Snort3

This ruleset includes online URLs only. Not compatible with Snort2.

Save the ruleset to "/etc/snort/rules/phishing-filter-snort3.rules". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure Snort to use the ruleset:

# /etc/snort/snort.lua
ips =
{
  variables = default_variables,
+  include = 'rules/phishing-filter-snort3.rules'
}

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-snort3.rules

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-snort3.rules
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-snort3.rules
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-snort3.rules
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-snort3.rules
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-snort3.rules

Suricata

This ruleset includes online URLs only.

Save the ruleset to "/etc/suricata/rules/phishing-filter-suricata.rules". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure Suricata to use the ruleset:

# /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml
rule-files:
  - local.rules
+  - phishing-filter-suricata.rules

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-suricata.rules

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-suricata.rules
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-suricata.rules
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-suricata.rules
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-suricata.rules
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-suricata.rules

Splunk

A CSV file for Splunk lookup. This ruleset includes online URLs only.

Either upload the file via GUI or save the file in $SPLUNK_HOME/Splunk/etc/system/lookups or app-specific $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/YourApp/apps/search/lookups. Refer to this guide or Getwatchlist app for auto-update.

Columns:

host	path	message	updated
example.com		phishing-filter phishing website detected	2022-12-21T12:34:56Z
example2.com	/some-path	phishing-filter phishing website detected	2022-12-21T12:34:56Z

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-splunk.csv

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter-splunk.csv
• https://curbengh.github.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-splunk.csv
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/phishing-filter/phishing-filter-splunk.csv
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-splunk.csv
• https://phishing-filter.pages.dev/phishing-filter-splunk.csv

Compressed version

All filters are also available as gzip- and brotli-compressed.

• Gzip: https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter.txt.gz
• Brotli: https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/phishing-filter.txt.br

Snort 2 rule is only available in compressed format in pages.dev due to the platform's 25MB file size limit

Issues

This blocklist operates by blocking the whole website, instead of specific webpages; exceptions are made on popular websites (e.g. https://docs.google.com/), in which webpages are specified instead (e.g. https://docs.google.com/phishing-page). Phishing webpages are only listed in URL-based filter, popular websites are excluded from other filters.

Popular websites are as listed in the Umbrella Popularity List (top 1M domains + subdomains), Tranco List (top 1M domains), Cloudflare Radar (top 1M domains) and this custom list.

If you wish to exclude certain website(s) that you believe is sufficiently well-known, please create an issue or merge request.

This blocklist only accepts new phishing URLs from PhishTank and OpenPhish.

Please report new phishing URL to PhishTank or OpenPhish.

See also

Phishing Army by Andrea Draghetti is available in domain-based format and utilises more sources. Its exclusion methods are not up-to-date though: Anudeep's whitelist was lasted updated in Dec 2021 and Alexa was deprecated in May 2022.

FAQ and Guides

See wiki

CI Variables

Optional variables:

• PHISHTANK_API: Recommended if you intend to run script.sh >5 times daily. Register an account at phishtank.org to generate an application key.
• CLOUDFLARE_BUILD_HOOK: Deploy to Cloudflare Pages.
• NETLIFY_SITE_ID: Deploy to Netlify.
• CF_API: Include Cloudflare Radar domains ranking. Guide to create an API token.

License

src/: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal and MIT License

filters: CC BY-SA 4.0

PhishTank: Available free of charge by Cisco for commercial and non-commercial use.

PhishTank is either trademark or registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc.

OpenPhish: Available free of charge by OpenPhish

Tranco List: MIT License

Umbrella Popularity List: Available free of charge by Cisco Umbrella

csvquote: MIT License

phishunt.io: All rights reserved by Daniel López

Cloudflare Radar: Available to free Cloudflare account

This repository is not endorsed by PhishTank/OpenDNS and OpenPhish.