Favicon Detection Scanner
Your favicon should be a visual representation of your website's brand, in order to help users quickly identify your site when they scan through search results.
Short Info
Level
Informational
Single Scan
Single Scan
Can be used by
Everyone
Estimated Time
1 minute
Time Interval
4 weeks
Scan only one
URL
Toolbox
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What is Favicon?
A favicon (short for favorite icon), also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons, associated with a particular website or web page. A web designer can create such an icon and upload it to a website (or web page) by several means, and graphical web browsers will then make use of it. Browsers that provide favicon support typically display a page's favicon in the browser's address bar (sometimes in the history as well) and next to the page's name in a list of bookmarks. Browsers that support a tabbed document interface typically show a page's favicon next to the page's title on the tab, and site-specific browsers use the favicon as a desktop icon.
If attackers detect the technology used using favicon, they will try to detect vulnerabilities related to this application.