Is cnn.com safe?

Very Likely Safe

No major red flags found. This looks like a legitimate, established website.

Popular site · #192 worldwideChecked Nov 13, 2026

Trust score

Why: Main reasons: domain registered 33+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #192 worldwide. Minor issues: missing HSTS; large response served uncompressed.

Identity & Age100/100

Impersonation Risk100/100

Red Flags100/100

Transparency100/100

Security89/100

Email100/100

Positive highlights

Domain registered 33+ years agoLong-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
Not flagged by Google Safe BrowsingNo malware, phishing, or unwanted-software match in Google's live threat database.
HTTPS is enforcedAll redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
Popular website — ranked #192 worldwideListed in the Tranco top 1 million websites. Scam sites are almost never this popular.
Site responded with 200Final URL: https://www.cnn.com/. Response time 287ms.
HTTPS works with a valid certificateA secure connection was made on port 443. Certificate log details were unavailable at scan time.
No impersonation patterns detectedDomain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
Not listed on URLhaus malware blocklist
Fast response (287ms)
Not present in PhishStats phishing feed

Negative highlights

Missing HSTSTells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.
Large response served uncompressedEnable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.
Heavy HTML payload (7928.6 KB)

Note: Registered via Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE.

Note: 4 technologies detected. Svelte, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Cloudflare

Note: Policy pages could not be checked. The site showed our scanner a bot-check or short page, so privacy, terms and contact pages were not verified. This is common for large sites and is not counted against them.

Key facts about cnn.com

Website: cnn.com
Popularity: #192 worldwide (Tranco top 1M)
Domain created: Sep 22, 1993 (33.1 years old)
Domain expires: Sep 21, 2027
Registrar: Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
Owner details: Public in WHOIS
IP address: 151.101.195.5
Hosting / CDN: Cloudflare
SSL certificate: HTTPS works (certificate details unavailable)
Email security: SPF ✓ · DMARC ✓ (reject)
Threat blocklists: Not listed (clean)
Technology: Svelte, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Cloudflare

Summary

98/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (33.1 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns.

No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled

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Domain Information

Registration timeline, age calculation, registrar details, and ICANN status.

Verified

Registrar Name: Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
Creation Date: September 22, 1993 (33.1 years ago)
Last Updated: April 22, 2025
Registry Expiry Date: September 21, 2027
WHOIS Privacy Protection: Publicly Visible
Domain Status Codes: client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited

ICANN Status Badges

client delete prohibitedclient transfer prohibitedclient update prohibitedserver delete prohibitedserver transfer prohibitedserver update prohibited

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Domain registered 33+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

HTTP Headers & Security

Full HTTP response headers, HSTS, Content Security Policy (CSP), and security baselines.

Warning

Security Header Baseline

Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing

Content-Security-PolicyMissing

X-Frame-OptionsMissing

X-Content-Type-Options Present

Referrer-PolicyMissing

Permissions-PolicyMissing

Recommended Missing Headers

missing: HSTSmissing: X-Frame-Optionsmissing: Referrer Policymissing: Permissions Policy

All Response Headers (23)

access-control-allow-origin: *
age: 28
alt-svc: h3=":443";ma=86400,h3-29=":443";ma=86400,h3-27=":443";ma=86400
cache-control: max-age=60
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
cf-ray: a59ed8104e72b86e-CMH
connection: close
content-security-policy: default-src 'self' blob: https://*.cnn.com:* http://*.cnn.com:* *.cnn.io:* *.cnn.net:* *.turner.com:* *.turner.io:* *.ugdturner.com:* courageousstudio.com *.vgtf.net:*; script-src 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' 'self' *; style-src 'unsafe-inline' 'self' blob: *; child-src 'self' blob: *; frame-src 'self' *; object-src 'self' *; img-src 'self' data: blob: *; media-src 'self' data: blob: *; font-src 'self' data: *; connect-src 'self' data: *; frame-ancestors 'self' https://*.cnn.com:* http://*.cnn.com https://*.cnn.io:* http://*.cnn.io:* *.turner.com:* courageousstudio.com;
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:35:02 GMT
server: cloudflare
set-cookie: cnnB=8; Domain=.cnn.com; Path=/; SameSite=None; Secure
transfer-encoding: chunked
vary: Accept-Encoding,Origin,Accept-Language
via: 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
x-cache: MISS, HIT, HIT
x-cache-hits: 0, 10, 1
x-content-hub: build-env=prod; unique-deployment-key=rn102140; build-version=v8.6.43-0-ge24235f; build-commit-hash=e24235f0f742f352030efe8c29120993dc639290
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-last-modified: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:33:56 GMT
x-served-by: cache-chi-kigq8000048-CHI, cache-chi-kigq8000048-CHI, cache-cmh1290057-CMH
x-timer: S1794584102.453483,VS0,VE11
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block

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Missing HSTS

Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

-4

Content Security Policy is set

Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

Missing X-Frame-Options

Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.

-3

X-Content-Type-Options is set

Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.

Missing Referrer Policy

Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.

-2

Missing Permissions Policy

Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).

-2

DNS Records

Encrypted DoH resolution: A, AAAA, MX mail servers, authoritative NS, and TXT verification.

Resolved

IPv4 Addresses (A): 151.101.195.5, 151.101.67.5, 151.101.3.5, 151.101.131.5
IPv6 Addresses (AAAA): 2a04:4e42:600::773, 2a04:4e42::773, 2a04:4e42:200::773, 2a04:4e42:400::773
Mail Servers (MX): cnn-com.mail.protection.outlook.com (Priority: 10)
Authoritative Nameservers (NS): ns-1242.awsdns-27.org, ns-1652.awsdns-14.co.uk, ns-378.awsdns-47.com, ns-587.awsdns-09.net
TXT Records Found: 24 TXT verification records

A Records (IPv4)

151.101.195.5151.101.67.5151.101.3.5151.101.131.5

TXT Verification Records

2baPGrmeo+RwsWdIdq/gIVSEWNb4tC9mLGQu0j4l/mduqhm06T+V9vNLXsauLyH9FwMZJSRHvj/YHGKOVWRylw==

98f06e94-b4da-4343-86be-c6c1667205e6

_globalsign-domain-verification=nPcGMc5MexVHi5gaiJ3TNZjT3fI_seEOQWXPUSMmWm

adobe-idp-site-verification=279ead95-3581-42b7-82f4-73c97f8cebfa

atlassian-domain-verification=joqe6L8dNi+aisGbB1XHQa0pDc53V2l0GQQRUtLEcr2997x0+rtrAA5Zw+UgQw3u

canva-site-verification=C8ADd96ykBUHF3wyVjPyXQ

cisco-ci-domain-verification=4a1c92ef69fe42f8125c3ca9ce0696dcf6cc16fa80243257de578af593d19548

d1xTs9+kADZZSz3bPphLpkMXXxBGjqn5vsQHhi2M6lo0r8AdIbm6j8LfQXPujsywVgeGSP+AXWX0vO9Iep5cUg==

facebook-domain-verification=xszi21kow2trmw3xt3ph6s631zyu3i

google-site-verification=ASY4609WhzE-rpuCRXIIkcG6sCdrUw7SdTjD93UutiE

google-site-verification=R-Btow3Z8oU_9H1IWU4Gm4lvUQ_OVmsfxonIKhIaiPE

google-site-verification=_QivaXNjhXy-V1y_YqrycXdAWZi2mVrcwbXerX6THeY

google-site-verification=cNhH3bbaizgJp34tQo2r1NgKE0YYLIPNOOvcBVTT5Pk

google-site-verification=j2gGPSOzQ_1vx08SNjoGR7G8PfAIAThdvkPr_KdQGkc

google-site-verification=zLPPRYQh2mgpr-Yhg_8j8Z04d1okax7bGsPDmHlrfN0

jamf-site-verification=n384y4ilec6xqi08ShxAOg

miro-verification=1e01f8da769be1241fceefd9abf2c317dcd68323

mongodb-site-verification=mtrxHeW3jOzWtwEwnOLpeQo9NXh6Lqas

stripe-verification=08de20cb0357e775ecd57d7bcb9bc860f4e2a4e962245b893b24db9ba57839b9

stripe-verification=094254c9a60a6dc0c1c2a62294b81c0c3b9363d044151a3e562ffeac0a7c4157

stripe-verification=1488a36c1dc125ea564dc5822d1414eeed68875825aaf90df27ac3131d053935

stripe-verification=42CDB310484C1CAA878F12A73EB7505EA6E7F154731CD7E4F5ABB574DE5E7725

stripe-verification=e5dad290205182f6bdbd4e72697ce3cf9a965f35cb0349d538e09706345fb673

v=spf1 include:cnn.com._nspf.vali.email include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email include:mail.zendesk.com ~all

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8 address record(s) resolved

IPv6 (AAAA) available

Modern dual-stack setup.

4 authoritative nameservers

WHOIS & Identity Lookup

Domain ownership status, registry lifecycle, nameservers, and privacy redaction.

Found

Registrable Domain: cnn.com
Registrar Organization: Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
WHOIS Privacy Status: Public Registration Data
Registry Status Codes: client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited
Delegated Authoritative Nameservers: ns-1242.awsdns-27.org, ns-1652.awsdns-14.co.uk, ns-378.awsdns-47.com, ns-587.awsdns-09.net
Registration Lifecycle: Registered: 1993 → Expires: 2027

Nameservers (NS)

ns-1242.awsdns-27.orgns-1652.awsdns-14.co.ukns-378.awsdns-47.comns-587.awsdns-09.net

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Domain registered 33+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

Email Security & Deliverability

SPF record validation, DMARC policy enforcement, DKIM selectors, and MX reputation.

Protected

SPF Record: v=spf1 include:cnn.com._nspf.vali.email include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email include:mail.zendesk.com ~all
DMARC Policy Mode: Policy: REJECT
DMARC Raw Record: v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email; ruf=mailto:Njk3@ruf.vali.email
DKIM Selectors Detected: selector1, s1, s2

Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.

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SPF record published

DMARC published (reject)

DKIM configured (selector1, s1, s2)

Threat Intelligence & Blocklists

Multi-source malware feeds (URLhaus), phishing checks (PhishStats, Safe Browsing), and typosquats.

Clean

URLhaus Malware

Clean / Not Listed

PhishStats Feed

Clean / Not Listed

Google Safe Browsing

Clean / Verified

Root Domain Label: cnn
Top-Level Domain (TLD): .com (Standard TLD)
Punycode Obfuscation: No (Standard ASCII)
Homoglyph / Lookalike Script: No mixed scripts
Brand Match Analysis: No recognized brand impersonation
Typosquatting Risk: Clean

No impersonation patterns detected

Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.

Technology Stack & Metadata

Detected CMS, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tags, CDN providers, and page metadata.

Detected

Detected Technologies by Category

Svelte

analytics

Google AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager

cdn

Cloudflare

Page Metadata & Fingerprint

HTML Title: Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
Meta Description: View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Document Language: en
Character Encoding: utf-8
Viewport Setting: width=device-width,initial-scale=1,shrink-to-fit=no
Generator Software: —

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4 technologies detected

Svelte, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Cloudflare

Mobile viewport configured

Page Performance & Compression

Server response time, content payload size, Brotli/Gzip compression, and caching rules.

287ms

Items to Fix & Optimize

Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)

MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN

Heavy HTML Payload

RECOMMENDEDMinify HTML and bundle assets

Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)

OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF

Protocol

HTTP/3

QUIC-based, multiplexed

Compression

NONE

No compression detected

Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)

Image Formats

Legacy / Unchecked

Transfer

Uncompressed

Transport

QUIC/H3

These are server-side signals. Actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) require real-user measurement via PageSpeed Insights.

Detected Asset & Image Formats

WebPAVIFSVGJPEGPNG

HTTP Response Time: 287 ms
Payload Body Size: 7928.6 KB
Compression Status: Uncompressed
Cache Directives: max-age=60

Large response served uncompressed

Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

-3

Heavy HTML payload (7928.6 KB)

-3

Response is cache-friendly

max-age=60

AI Content Safety & Red Flags

High-pressure language, payment gateway safety, disposable domain analysis, and deceptive tactics.

Safe

AI Content Evaluation

98/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (33.1 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Main reasons: domain registered 33+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #192 worldwide. Minor issues: missing HSTS; large response served uncompressed.

Payment Red Flags: None (No suspicious payment requests)
High-Pressure Language: None (No artificial urgency detected)
Disposable Domain Risk: No (Established infrastructure)
Text Scanned Depth: 65,362 characters verified

No scam-correlated language found on the home page

No crypto-only / gift-card / wire-only payment demands, and no obvious urgency tactics.

Server & Hosting Infrastructure

Primary IP address, web server software, CDN edge network, and redirect hop chain.

cloudflare

Primary Web Server: cloudflare
CDN / Cloud Provider: Cloudflare
Primary IP Address: 151.101.195.5
HTTP Status Code: 200 OK
Final Landing Destination: https://www.cnn.com/
Redirect Hop Count: 1 hop

Redirect Hop Chain

1.https://cnn.com/ → https://www.cnn.com/

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Site responded with 200

Final URL: https://www.cnn.com/. Response time 287ms.

HTTPS is enforced

All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.

+10

Fast response (287ms)

Served through Cloudflare

Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.

SSL / TLS Certificate

Active Certificate Authority, Common Name, validity period, expiration countdown, and SANs.

Secure

Certificate Authority (Issuer): Not available (certificate logs did not respond)
Subject Common Name (CN): —
Validity Period: Not available
Subject Alternative Names (SANs): 1 domain protected
Certificates Logged (CT): Verified in live TLS

Subject Alternative Names (Sample)

cnn.com

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HTTPS works with a valid certificate

A secure connection was made on port 443. Certificate log details were unavailable at scan time.

Content & Transparency Policies

Linked privacy policy, terms of service, about page, social channels, and published contacts.

Verified

Key Legal & Transparency Pages

privacy PageFound

terms PageFound

contact PageNot linked

about PageNot linked

refund PageNot linked

shipping PageNot linked

cookies PageNot linked

Verified Social Channels

twitter facebook instagram youtube tiktok

Published Phone Numbers: 6942801623, 532943842, 36787305818, 0802669375, 2949347870, 72361606-06

Policy pages could not be checked

The site showed our scanner a bot-check or short page, so privacy, terms and contact pages were not verified. This is common for large sites and is not counted against them.

Privacy page linked from home page

Terms page linked from home page

Robots.txt & Sitemap Discoverability

Search engine crawler directives, indexability, and declared XML sitemaps.

Present

Robots.txt Directives: Present & Configured
Sitemaps Declared: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/news.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/cnn-underscored.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/cnn-underscored.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/politics.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/opinions.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/video.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/gallery.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/markets/stocks.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/live-story.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/election-center/politics.xml, https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/tve.xml
Disallow Rules Count: 40 rules

View Raw robots.txt

Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/cnn-underscored.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/cnn-underscored.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section/politics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article/opinions.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/article.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/section.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/gallery.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/markets/stocks.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/live-story.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/election-center/politics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.cnn.com/sitemap/tve.xml
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: AliyunSecBot
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: amzn-searchbot
User-agent: amzn-user
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Archive.org_bot
User-agent: AwarioRssBot
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
User-agent: Brightbot 1.0
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: Crawlspace
User-agent: DataForSeoBot
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: Diffbot-User
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: EchoboxBot
User-agent: Exabot
User-agent: ExaSearchBot
User-agent: ExaUser
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Firecrawl
User-agent: FirecrawlAgent
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
User-Agent: IAB-Tech-Lab
User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: img2dataset
User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: magpie-crawler
User-agent: MistralAI-user
User-agent: MyCentralAIScraperBot
User-agent: NewsNow
User-agent: news-please
User-agent: NimbleCrawler
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: omgilibot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: Panscient
User-agent: PiplBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Poseidon Research Crawler
User-agent: QuillBot
User-agent: quillbot.com
User-agent: Quora-Bot
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
User-agent: Scrapy
User-agent: SeekrBot
User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
User-agent: SeznamHomepageCrawler
User-agent: ShapBot
User-agent: Shap-User
User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot
User-agent: TaraGroup Intelligence Bot
User-agent: TavilyBot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: TurnitinBot
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: ViennaTinyBot
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: YandexAdditional
User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: *
Allow: /partners/ipad/live-video.json
Disallow: /*.jsx$
Disallow: *.jsx$
Disallow: /*.jsx/
Disallow: *.jsx?
Disallow: /ads/
Disallow: /aol/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /beta/
Disallow: /browsers/
Disallow: /cl/
Disallow: /cnews/
Disallow: /cnn_adspaces
Disallow: /cnnbeta/
Disallow: /cnnintl_adspaces
Disallow: /development
Disallow: /editionssi
Disallow: /help/cnnx.html
Disallow: /media/sites/cnn/icons
Disallow: /media/sites/js/bundles
Disallow: /NewsPass
Disallow: /NOKIA
Disallow: /partners/
Disallow: /pipeline/
Disallow: /pointroll/
Disallow: /POLLSERVER/
Disallow: /pr/
Disallow: /PV/
Disallow: /Quickcast/
Disallow: /quickcast/
Disallow: /QUICKNEWS/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /subscriptions/video-docs
Disallow: /terms
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /virtual/
Disallow: /WEB-INF/
Disallow: /web.projects/
Disallow: /webview/
User-agent: Googlebot-News
Disallow: /sponsor

robots.txt published

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Scan Engine Performance

Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline

v5.1.0 Engine

Signals Analyzed

This scan

Sources Checked

Live security feeds

Scan Duration

2.66s

Fast scan

Last Scan

11/13/2026

Live timestamp

Overall Risk

Low Risk

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