Is Nighthawk by PhishFort safe?

Low risk

Nighthawk by PhishFort sends an embedded API key when it fetches its protection lists and rules.

The extension contacts nighthawk-cdn.phishfort.com for the Nighthawk list and night-hawk-api.herokuapp.com for rules, adding a bundled x-api-key value to those requests. The evidence shows a static credential/header being sent for list and rule updates, not browsing history or page content.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

protect-publishv1.0.1.21Chrome Web Store
18Risk
Who publishes it

PROTAKEDOWN PTE LTD - Phishfort - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
protect-publish
Declared legal entity
PROTAKEDOWN PTE LTD - Phishfort
Registered contact
Matt Marx

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.1.21. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Read and change your data on every site you visit

    *://*/*

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser

    unlimitedStorage

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it

    webNavigation

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Nighthawk by PhishFort contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • night-hawk-api.herokuapp.com

    Nighthawk by PhishFort sends data to night-hawk-api.herokuapp.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

  • nighthawk-cdn.phishfort.com

    Nighthawk by PhishFort sends data to nighthawk-cdn.phishfort.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026bdiohckpogchppdldbckcdjlklanhkfc