Is there any risk when animating a URL?!

Question

A URL having animation seems to be something fabulous but I wonder if the website could be subject to cyber attacks or security vulnerabilities. Or even worse, compromising the website visitor's information!

Answer 1

Default & Paul Yes, I'm refering to this:
http://matthewrayfield.com/articles/animating-urls-with-javascript-and-emojis/

Answer 2

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean by animating a URL...? Do you mean animating the title of a page via JS or something like that?

Answer 3

Paul You are right, they do look different...! And, sorry! I was replying to Default...🙈

Answer 4

Using the CISSP CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability)...
~ Testing one of those animations lagged my OS (no visible animation)
~ Visiting wavyurl.com hung my interface (severe and still...no ani)
~ CPU Usage showed the (backgrounded) browser process pegging CPU high; I had to force close.

At __expert__ levels, lag attacks can __sometimes__ let you profile equipment, or lever open a race condition gap (such as those leading to a use-after-free).
^ That's diverging from your concern, so my answer is mostly that it lagged my mobile.

Side reference to explain term, not a risk you're creating:
Common Weaknesses Enumeration (races): http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

Answer 5

I can't think of a situation where this would be a security threat, unless your web server or some other platform doesn't take kindly to these characters.

It looks pretty ridiculous though, and i'd probably leave any site with that.

Answer 6

Paul Precisely, That's my question! Is there any risk if I implement it in a website?! 🤔

Answer 7

Default I see your point of view! So, you mean that a website with this type of implementation could be un·trust·worthy?!

Answer 8

You ever visit a site, look at the animations and go like "Woah, dude. These fancy animations in the URL are gonna leak my info, expose me to cyber attacks and viruses. Better run."

As ridiculous as this sounds, I understand why one would avoid from them. Scam sites usually use flashy graphics to lure in unsuspecting victims. People who surf shady sites on a regular basis would know better to *not* trust a site with certain graphic designs schemes which just scream "scam" out loud (an animated URL seems to fall within this category), although the URL on itself would not cause any harm to you. All in all, it just makes the site look less legit than it is.

Answer 9

Geovanny Martínez Forero "I can't think of a situation where this would be a security threat, unless your web server or some other platform doesn't take kindly to these characters."