Domain name and URL visual verification for increased security

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions, which when executed, cause a computing system to:

• identify a domain name in a communication received by the computing system;
• determine a popularity ranking or an age of the domain name, the popularity ranking representing a volume of requests associated with the domain name;
• render, for display on a screen of the computing system, a first visual indicator comprising the domain name, the popularity ranking or the age of the domain name;
• send, over a network, the domain name to one or more computing devices for further evaluation of the domain name by the one or more computing devices;
• receive, over the network, a further evaluation of the domain name from the one or more computing devices;
• determine whether the domain name is to be further evaluated, based on the received further evaluation of the domain name from the one or more computing devices;
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• render, for display on the screen, a second visual indicator that the domain name is undergoing further evaluation.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions, which when executed, cause a computing system to:

• identify a domain name in a communication received by the computing system;
• determine a popularity ranking and an age of the domain name, by:
• determining the popularity ranking of the domain name according to a set of popularity rankings of domain names or URLs provided by a third-party service, the popularity ranking representing a volume of requests associated with the domain name;
• and
• determining the age of the domain name according to domain information comprising new domain registration date of the domain name or a domain change of ownership date of the domain name;
• render, for display on a screen of the computing system, a visual indicator comprising text that comprises the domain name, the age, or the popularity ranking;
• send, over a network, the domain name to one or more computing devices for further evaluation of the domain name by the one or more computing devices;
• and
• receive, over the network, a further evaluation of the domain name from the one or more computing devices.