Inspiration A large majority of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error. A large majority of those error are due to employees clicking on email links that they shouldn't have clicked on. This chrome extension is designed to solve that issue.
What it does Originally, the chrome extension's purpose was to run in the background while you are using Gmail, identifying the links in your emails, displaying them and giving them a red, yellow or green color based on their level of risks. After a lot of discussion, we decided to turn it into a general purpose links risk analyzer which works while you are on the internet.
How we built it It is a chrome extension, so we created a folder that includes an HTML, CSS, JavaScript and a manifest.json file
Challenges we ran into Apart from not being chrome extension experts, the biggest problem we encountered was figuring how to an include a google API that is supposed to check if a URL is malicious or not. In the end we weren't able to make to include the API but the overall idea that this extension is all about is still clear.
Accomplishments that we're proud As a group I think our biggest accomplishment would the fact that we understand the technology now. We might not be experts but we can explain to somebody what it take to build a chrome extension.
What we learned I believe that as a group even though we are still not chrome extension experts, we know what they are all about now and what is required to build one. I believe that what we lack is hours. Perhaps programming hours with the technology.
What's next for General Link Risk Analyzer I believe what's next for the General Link Risk Analyzer is a redesign a couple a years from now when we are more experienced.
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