Scam Lookup
Automated Website Trust & Risk Intelligence Report
https://scamlookup.net/website/techcrunch
Generated: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:53:32 GMT
Target Website: techcrunch.com
Overall Trust Score: 100/100 (Trusted)
techcrunch.com
Trusted
Scanned: Sep 5, 10:53 AMTRUST SCORE
100
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
100/100
TRUST SCORE
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
SAFETY
100/100
100/100
TRANSPARENCY
95/100
95/100
DOMAIN RISK
LowLow Tier
LowRisk
SSL SECURITY
100/100
100/100
PAYMENT RISK
NoNo Risk
NoRisk
VERDICT
Trusted
Trusted
AI Security Summary
100/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (21.2 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: large response served uncompressed — worth extra caution before trusting.
No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled
HTTPS & SSL
SecureSecure
Standard Trusted CA
Threat Status
CleanClean
No blacklists or malware
Domain Age
21.2 years21.2 years
Registered 6/10/2005
Reputation
High TrustHigh Trust
Based on 65+ verified signals
IP & Server
192.0.66.220192.0.66.220
cloudflare
Email Security
ProtectedProtected
SPF, DMARC, MX active
Performance
93 / 10093 / 100
Fast response time
Redirects
DirectDirect
No redirect hops
Top Priority RecommendationAction Needed
Large response served uncompressed
Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.
Why it matters
Addressing this signal prevents trust downgrades and potential security risks.
View Glossary GuidePositive Signals
- Site responded with 200
- HTTPS is enforced
- Fast response (71ms)
- Served through Cloudflare
- 2 address record(s) resolved
- IPv6 (AAAA) available
- 2 authoritative nameservers
- Domain registered 21+ years ago
Warnings
- Large response served uncompressed
Critical Issues
No critical issues found
Domain passes all high-risk checks
- Registrar Name
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Creation Date
- June 10, 2005 (21.2 years ago)
- Last Updated
- May 9, 2026
- Registry Expiry Date
- June 10, 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
Domain registered 21+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via MarkMonitor Inc.
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
Security Header Baseline
Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
Content-Security-PolicyMissing
X-Frame-Options Present
X-Content-Type-Options Present
Referrer-PolicyMissing
Permissions-PolicyMissing
All Response Headers (23)
HSTS is set
Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.
+6
Content Security Policy is set
Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.
+5
X-Frame-Options is set
Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.
+3
X-Content-Type-Options is set
Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.
+2
Referrer Policy is set
Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.
+2
Permissions Policy is set
Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).
+2
- IPv4 Addresses (A)
- 192.0.66.220
- IPv6 Addresses (AAAA)
- 2a04:fa87:fffd::c000:42dc
- Mail Servers (MX)
- usb-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com (Priority: 0), usb-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com (Priority: 0)
- Authoritative Nameservers (NS)
- elly.ns.cloudflare.com, gordon.ns.cloudflare.com
- TXT Records Found
- 27 TXT verification records
A Records (IPv4)
192.0.66.220
TXT Verification Records
0ed1fe018a18c01fd51bff49e5bd633fade441856b
134052hpsyz5k73sv39m0sgxljsqyls7
MS=ms36891426
MS=ms48927658
_globalsign-domain-verification=esDvs5Msz39F5o97VaHcZxyKR4A6NPHRpuo9du1Tro
airtable-verification=e989fdaedddc09c0e5c782dd036dd08a
anthropic-domain-verification-bqkhj4=U4gt2pxQQDf0aqgfPI3Q8Uvtp
apple-domain-verification=uzwfq0Ev591PKKS6
atlassian-domain-verification=4p4CB0YJGNxskcxmubnX/fKvtqP6u8KRknplzFR3ZsH8zcSfjqtxNyCNIIktcAch
b42c6b9e-33ca-44c0-a919-3152d6b3ddfa
docusign=1ad1e6cd-4dfe-4b34-8689-5797102f132e
dropbox-domain-verification=sh3f8kienale
fireflies-verification=01KRNDX9V0J96ERQ2TKYCJ2M27.ffverify.fireflies.ai-request-verification=2026-05-15T09:01:35Z
google-site-verification=8tVHhkiXUNoPjI09EcLgjl9V7TwSXxLV0bnIjcEmpFw
google-site-verification=DhlHJ_81bZLsrh5TLvK7ac04EG4QvEAa8hjtsiMpUTQ
google-site-verification=HgtRMjw2Jm4kQso_oGLMcQ7ndEv8wNcGa0Kquhm9KK0
google-site-verification=JJNsJJsmpgH6VoKlFj7qG9V223pIrsduvb7qQ31GNC0
google-site-verification=KsXJcvhk00hppwpZ3oNMk0GzB9M2GFUxA7XjdRVpc1U
google-site-verification=NgMXk6BZ-jqt9XTrgnGt_O7hY4xD-NEAWsfSSD2VuZQ
google-site-verification=VZcuQE1gCO7Zg1W2g_uzOzDXXICzPt74_eE-w0SRpt4
google-site-verification=nTM39ZyyvRHb2-jcX__j5Hp1-y9zCw_gwX_I-QYrnVo
knowbe4-site-verification=bc3830115833f4f956e30f506f1da8c8
openai-domain-verification=dv-NrFR5wvpHqoGtf07m6oIH3J1
slido-domain-verification=87b6e1fe-2406-444f-90df-2cd87a594a34
v=spf1 a mx include:usb._netblocks.mimecast.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:242234635.spf02.hubspotemail.net -all
yahoo-verification-key=nBRGLDZQzTUnUA7c6taNupK6RrG3ZGZs0PjHJmWAkqM=
zeplin
2 address record(s) resolved
+4
IPv6 (AAAA) available
Modern dual-stack setup.
+2
2 authoritative nameservers
+2
- Registrable Domain
- techcrunch.com
- Registrar Organization
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- 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
- elly.ns.cloudflare.com, gordon.ns.cloudflare.com
- Registration Lifecycle
- Registered: 2005 → Expires: 2027
Nameservers (NS)
elly.ns.cloudflare.comgordon.ns.cloudflare.com
Domain registered 21+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via MarkMonitor Inc.
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
- SPF Record
- v=spf1 a mx include:usb._netblocks.mimecast.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:242234635.spf02.hubspotemail.net -all
- DMARC Policy Mode
- Policy: REJECT
- DMARC Raw Record
- v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:6cc97f5d2993594@rep.dmarcanalyzer.com; ruf=mailto:6cc97f5d2993594@for.dmarcanalyzer.com; fo=1;
- DKIM Selectors Detected
- google, selector1, selector2
Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.
SPF record published
+5
DMARC published (reject)
+6
DKIM configured (google, selector1, selector2)
+3
URLhaus Malware
Clean / Not Listed
PhishStats Feed
Clean / Not Listed
Google Safe Browsing
Not checked
- Root Domain Label
- techcrunch
- 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.
+8
Detected Technologies by Category
cms
WordPress
ecommerce
WooCommerce
js
Svelte
css
Tailwind CSS
analytics
Google AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
cdn
Cloudflare
Page Metadata & Fingerprint
- HTML Title
- TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News
- Meta Description
- TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley
- Document Language
- en-US
- Character Encoding
- UTF-8
- Viewport Setting
- width=device-width, initial-scale=1
- Generator Software
- WordPress 6.9.7
7 technologies detected
WordPress, WooCommerce, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Cloudflare
Mobile viewport configured
+2
Items to Fix & Optimize
Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)
MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN
Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)
OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF
Protocol
HTTP/2
Binary framing, multiplexed
Compression
NONE
No compression detected
Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)
Image Formats
Legacy / Unchecked
Transfer
Uncompressed
Transport
HTTP/2
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
- 71 ms
- Payload Body Size
- 447.1 KB
- Compression Status
- Uncompressed
- Cache Directives
- max-age=300, must-revalidate
Large response served uncompressed
Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.
-3
Response is cache-friendly
max-age=300, must-revalidate
+2
AI Content Evaluation
100/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (21.2 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: large response served uncompressed — worth extra caution before trusting.
- 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
- 12,425 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.
+6
- Primary Web Server
- cloudflare
- CDN / Cloud Provider
- Cloudflare
- Primary IP Address
- 192.0.66.220
- HTTP Status Code
- 200 OK
- Final Landing Destination
- https://techcrunch.com/
- Redirect Hop Count
- 0 hops
Site responded with 200
Final URL: https://techcrunch.com/. Response time 71ms.
+8
HTTPS is enforced
All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
+10
Fast response (71ms)
+6
Served through Cloudflare
Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.
+4
- Certificate Authority (Issuer)
- Standard Trusted CA
- Subject Common Name (CN)
- techcrunch.com
- Validity Period
- 60 days remaining (Expires: 2026-11-04T10:53:32.977Z)
- Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
- 1 domain protected
- Certificates Logged (CT)
- 1 certs recorded
Subject Alternative Names (Sample)
techcrunch.com
HTTPS encryption active & verified
Live TLS connection established successfully on port 443 with valid cipher suites.
+8
Key Legal & Transparency Pages
- Published Phone Numbers
- 1787604895, 1779372477, 1787604894, 1788202771, 1779894803, 1783444380
Privacy policy linked from home page
+6
Terms of service linked from home page
+5
Contact page linked from home page
+5
About page linked from home page
+3
No refund/return policy found
Reputable sites usually publish a refund/return policy.
-3
No cookie policy found
Reputable sites usually publish a cookie policy.
-2
4 social profile(s) linked
twitter, facebook, instagram, linkedin
+3
Phone number published
+2
- Robots.txt Directives
- Present & Configured
- Sitemaps Declared
- https://techcrunch.com/sitemap.xml, https://techcrunch.com/news-sitemap.xml
- Disallow Rules Count
- 17 rules
View Raw robots.txt
User-agent: * Disallow: /wp-admin/ Disallow: /wp-json/ Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /?s= Disallow: /*?customize_changeset_uuid=* User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-Web User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: cohere-ai Disallow: / User-agent: Diffbot Disallow: / User-agent: FacebookBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: omgili Disallow: / Sitemap: https://techcrunch.com/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://techcrunch.com/news-sitemap.xml
robots.txt published
+2
Export & Share Intelligence
Download the complete official PDF verification report (all sections and technical signals expanded), or export raw JSON telemetry.
Scan Engine Performance
Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline
Signals Analyzed
41
This scan
Sources Checked
18
Live security feeds
Scan Duration
2.63s
Ultra-fast
Last Scan
9/5/2026
Live timestamp
Overall Risk
Low Risk