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Extract and defang URLs

Pull unique URLs from prose and make them safer to copy into reports.

Install in Serialize

What it can do

  • Find URLs inside surrounding text
  • Sort and deduplicate findings
  • Defang schemes, separators, and dots

How the recipe works

Extract URLs

Extract complete URLs and remove duplicates.

Defang URL

Rewrite active-looking indicators into report-safe form.

Demonstration

Sample input

Alert: https://example.test/login and http://updates.example.test/a.exe

Expected result

hxxps[://]example[.]test/login

When to use it

  • Threat reports
  • Incident tickets
  • Indicator-sharing notes

Adapt it

Change Defang URL to process domains as well when your input contains bare hostnames.

Source and verification

Adapted from mattnotmax CyberChef recipes. The explanation and sample are written for Serialize, use synthetic or documentation-safe data, and are checked against the current operation catalogue. The workflow runs locally without an external API call.

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