In plain English
It is a clickable address inside an email. It is put there to lead the person who uses it to an online destination that is harmful or meant to deceive.
In context
Here, "malicious link" labels the link in the message as one that is intended to send the recipient to a harmful or deceptive online destination.
- Situation
- Responding to phishing, suspicious activity, fraud, and compromise alerts
- What it communicates
- labels a risky link identified in the message.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say whether anyone selected the link or what happened afterward.
Examples
“The email contained a malicious link to a fake sign-in page.”
“Before forwarding the message, he deleted the malicious link.”