diff --git a/detect_secrets/core/usage.py b/detect_secrets/core/usage.py
index c30814a01..efef69fe4 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/core/usage.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/core/usage.py
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ class PluginOptions(object):
             disable_flag_text='--no-private-key-scan',
             disable_help_text='Disables scanning for private keys.',
         ),
+        PluginDescriptor(
+            classname='BasicAuthDetector',
+            disable_flag_text='--no-basic-auth-scan',
+            disable_help_text='Disables scanning for Basic Auth formatted URIs.',
+        ),
     ]
 
     def __init__(self, parser):
diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/basic_auth.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/basic_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..399fde2e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/basic_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import re
+
+from .base import BasePlugin
+from detect_secrets.core.potential_secret import PotentialSecret
+
+
+BASIC_AUTH_REGEX = re.compile(
+    r'.*?://[^:]+:([^@]+)@',
+)
+
+
+class BasicAuthDetector(BasePlugin):
+
+    secret_type = 'Basic Auth Credentials'
+
+    def analyze_string(self, string, line_num, filename):
+        output = {}
+
+        for result in self.secret_generator(string):
+            secret = PotentialSecret(
+                self.secret_type,
+                filename,
+                line_num,
+                result,
+            )
+            output[secret] = secret
+
+        return output
+
+    def secret_generator(self, string):
+        results = BASIC_AUTH_REGEX.findall(string)
+        for result in results:
+            yield result
diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/core/initialize.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/core/initialize.py
index 73e2672ab..ae9ea4c43 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/plugins/core/initialize.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/core/initialize.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     from functools32 import lru_cache
 
 from ..base import BasePlugin
+from ..basic_auth import BasicAuthDetector                  # noqa: F401
 from ..high_entropy_strings import Base64HighEntropyString  # noqa: F401
 from ..high_entropy_strings import HexHighEntropyString     # noqa: F401
 from ..private_key import PrivateKeyDetector                # noqa: F401
diff --git a/tests/core/usage_test.py b/tests/core/usage_test.py
index 437d8542a..1cf679f2a 100644
--- a/tests/core/usage_test.py
+++ b/tests/core/usage_test.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def test_consolidates_output_basic(self):
             'HexHighEntropyString': {
                 'hex_limit': 3,
             },
+            'BasicAuthDetector': {},
             'Base64HighEntropyString': {
                 'base64_limit': 4.5,
             },
diff --git a/tests/main_test.py b/tests/main_test.py
index f31fb9cbc..27e0da729 100644
--- a/tests/main_test.py
+++ b/tests/main_test.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def test_scan_string_basic(self, mock_baseline_initialize):
             assert main('scan --string'.split()) == 0
             assert printer_shim.message == textwrap.dedent("""
                 Base64HighEntropyString: False (3.459)
+                BasicAuthDetector      : False
                 HexHighEntropyString   : True  (3.459)
                 PrivateKeyDetector     : False
             """)[1:]
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ def test_scan_string_cli_overrides_stdin(self):
             assert main('scan --string 012345'.split()) == 0
             assert printer_shim.message == textwrap.dedent("""
                 Base64HighEntropyString: False (2.585)
+                BasicAuthDetector      : False
                 HexHighEntropyString   : False (2.121)
                 PrivateKeyDetector     : False
             """)[1:]
diff --git a/tests/plugins/basic_auth_test.py b/tests/plugins/basic_auth_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbf3c4496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/plugins/basic_auth_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import pytest
+
+from detect_secrets.plugins.basic_auth import BasicAuthDetector
+
+
+class TestBasicAuthDetector(object):
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        'payload, should_flag',
+        [
+            ('https://username:password@yelp.com', True,),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_analyze_string(self, payload, should_flag):
+        logic = BasicAuthDetector()
+
+        output = logic.analyze_string(payload, 1, 'mock_filename')
+        assert len(output) == int(should_flag)