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Automated Website Trust & Risk Intelligence Report
https://scamlookup.net/website/wsj
Generated: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:15:37 GMT
Target Website: wsj.com
Overall Trust Score: 86/100 (Trusted)
wsj.com
Trusted
Scanned: Sep 5, 11:15 AMTRUST SCORE
86
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
86/100
TRUST SCORE
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
SAFETY
65/100
65/100
TRANSPARENCY
15/100
15/100
DOMAIN RISK
LowLow Tier
LowRisk
SSL SECURITY
100/100
100/100
PAYMENT RISK
NoNo Risk
NoRisk
VERDICT
Trusted
Trusted
AI Security Summary
86/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (32.3 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: no privacy policy found; no terms of service found; no contact page found — 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
32.3 years32.3 years
Registered 5/26/1994
Reputation
High TrustHigh Trust
Based on 65+ verified signals
IP & Server
3.160.5.183.160.5.18
cloudflare
Email Security
ProtectedProtected
SPF, DMARC, MX active
Performance
100 / 100100 / 100
Fast response time
Redirects
1 Hop1 Hop
Redirect chain analyzed
Top Priority RecommendationAction Needed
Site returned HTTP 401
The server is reachable but did not return a success status.
Why it matters
Addressing this signal prevents trust downgrades and potential security risks.
View Glossary GuidePositive Signals
- HTTPS is enforced
- Fast response (318ms)
- Served through Cloudflare
- 4 address record(s) resolved
- 4 authoritative nameservers
- Domain registered 32+ years ago
- Owner information disclosed
- HTTPS encryption active & verified
Warnings
- Site returned HTTP 401
- Missing HSTS
- Missing Content Security Policy
- No mobile viewport meta tag
- No privacy policy found
- No terms of service found
- No contact page found
Critical Issues
No critical issues found
Domain passes all high-risk checks
- Registrar Name
- CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Creation Date
- May 26, 1994 (32.3 years ago)
- Last Updated
- May 21, 2026
- Registry Expiry Date
- May 25, 2027
- WHOIS Privacy Protection
- Publicly Visible
- Domain Status Codes
- client transfer prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited
ICANN Status Badges
client transfer prohibitedserver delete prohibitedserver transfer prohibitedserver update prohibited
Domain registered 32+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via CSC Corporate Domains, 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-OptionsMissing
X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing
Referrer-PolicyMissing
Permissions-PolicyMissing
Recommended Missing Headers
missing: HSTSmissing: Content Security Policymissing: X-Frame-Optionsmissing: X-Content-Type-Optionsmissing: Referrer Policymissing: Permissions Policy
All Response Headers (22)
Missing HSTS
Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.
-4
Missing Content Security Policy
Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.
-4
Missing X-Frame-Options
Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.
-3
Missing X-Content-Type-Options
Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.
-2
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
- IPv4 Addresses (A)
- 3.160.5.18, 3.160.5.107, 3.160.5.100, 3.160.5.113
- IPv6 Addresses (AAAA)
- None
- Mail Servers (MX)
- mxa-00596a01.gslb.pphosted.com (Priority: 10), mxb-00596a01.gslb.pphosted.com (Priority: 10)
- Authoritative Nameservers (NS)
- ns-1291.awsdns-33.org, ns-1588.awsdns-06.co.uk, ns-450.awsdns-56.com, ns-705.awsdns-24.net
- TXT Records Found
- 32 TXT verification records
A Records (IPv4)
3.160.5.183.160.5.1073.160.5.1003.160.5.113
TXT Verification Records
1da8ea47a55e41d8a5e3547014ff0df3
ValidationTokenValue=313dc83f-c48d-468e-beb9-f1009db743b7
ZOOM_verify_FrSli5rrR7yyjTeOO-0Ngw
_jebpalp9qdenvdol02xdobrh9kedj5t
adobe-idp-site-verification=7ef638bb68822798685f96e436bfc87a6f79319dd86369e447b84bb8ea9c6f68
atlassian-domain-verification=uNoIhBXurxzVlQa0FvK2t9Yld5byfvXbFRQaMToGvrieKjBdylMs8jcSXRKQKqao
datadome-domain-verify=mBXJ0OcsBIxmEYtkepO9rBwdPNmfTk5Q
docker-verification=77f906b0-c371-45ad-af43-084c70efa72d
e2ma-verification=o5peb
figma-domain-verification=b411f1d2852c2c7e057a2d6d70fb22896f37ccc1412d1e1bb4f9da14e2b78ad9-1769000244
google-site-verification=9qAZcXg57okZKr9DmmJfHe540wYK1-ptJrv6Z0e6qS0
google-site-verification=B9Y1v38RU7B3nMrC2uZp4I-H_XMuyi_Wm1XVIjhq5xE
google-site-verification=QrmJ_baCk1F3TSvHZPiY6L0oX5ORLIcUiQoSi8YC20Q
google-site-verification=YGwiPA44Zuu_uIHo-u9QdaOVx-I2x6kDuWap7rd4v0U
google-site-verification=cpHbd4daRMpm-WshkkCy3asDVJ84-jzlvFbwDSqgAWU
google-site-verification=j-2HeIEh27wGRTkTSxbVfyX5vZ9FXAfFNk91rVlF-EI
google-site-verification=rWQ3-0ObuFwNI6hnwBCQ7LE6ihPnYaoH9tY1gnLCBvY
knowbe4-site-verification=0694ce74005828dc4bb8b7299bfb6f61
miro-verification=fc4f542b1bf4fc981e2f11e463246349bde0a8d0
mongodb-site-verification=Ht3HUyOSg9IfQp3EIA76fuAf6YmQqXIU
mongodb-site-verification=KfW1ZcenFTu2m17XiRpByNOwlYDj6u3G
openai-domain-verification=dv-63834euf9HsL6r8GJAQfNf6Z
openai-domain-verification=dv-JwASLFwVo5pvxd0F8tRz4NK3
pardot858843=b677571961124861149dc1ce6b9bce01a13dc2dd2a9b59fa25eefa29cf847480
pardot937523=183e8670efb27a80833eb77a7c73d2081d1bc36da7763e1f4fefaf95d4f9e405
pardot937523=a84acf2c5ec076341f4486d7e5caf2f4918fee1860b93796da08e56c6ce610ae
pardot937523=ad9cb1ba6a487d2f26f5e1f3f14378a243aeb5d7aa02b3e70bcbf668dec68cb1
pendo-domain-verification=tTAAYqapp5CTCkkrUtw8bmgAxLg
traction-guest=e4337250-04c9-4060-87ac-df29271721ca
v=spf1 ip4:205.203.130.22 ip4:205.203.130.101 ip4:205.203.130.102 ip4:205.203.136.101 ip4:205.203.136.102 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all
wiz-domain-verification=0a9c41b6b137ce002ca72276158d108297343cfef1c1335d77ee2dd88605215a
zapier-domain-verification-challenge=aeb043d8-5dba-4316-87ec-cc5b9c7d36ea
4 address record(s) resolved
+4
4 authoritative nameservers
+2
- Registrable Domain
- wsj.com
- Registrar Organization
- CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- WHOIS Privacy Status
- Public Registration Data
- Registry Status Codes
- client transfer prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited
- Delegated Authoritative Nameservers
- ns-1291.awsdns-33.org, ns-1588.awsdns-06.co.uk, ns-450.awsdns-56.com, ns-705.awsdns-24.net
- Registration Lifecycle
- Registered: 1994 → Expires: 2027
Nameservers (NS)
ns-1291.awsdns-33.orgns-1588.awsdns-06.co.ukns-450.awsdns-56.comns-705.awsdns-24.net
Domain registered 32+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
- SPF Record
- v=spf1 ip4:205.203.130.22 ip4:205.203.130.101 ip4:205.203.130.102 ip4:205.203.136.101 ip4:205.203.136.102 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all
- DMARC Policy Mode
- Policy: QUARANTINE
- DMARC Raw Record
- v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; fo=1; rua=mailto:dmarc_rua@emaildefense.proofpoint.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc_ruf@emaildefense.proofpoint.com
- DKIM Selectors Detected
- google, selector2, s1, s2
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 (quarantine)
+4
DKIM configured (google, selector2, s1, s2)
+3
URLhaus Malware
Clean / Not Listed
PhishStats Feed
Clean / Not Listed
Google Safe Browsing
Not checked
- Root Domain Label
- wsj
- 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
cdn
Cloudflare
Page Metadata & Fingerprint
- HTML Title
- wsj.com
- Meta Description
- —
- Document Language
- en
- Character Encoding
- utf-8
- Viewport Setting
- width=device-width
- Generator Software
- —
1 technologies detected
Cloudflare
No mobile viewport meta tag
The page won't render correctly on phones without a viewport tag.
-3
Missing meta description
-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
- 318 ms
- Payload Body Size
- 0.7 KB
- Compression Status
- Uncompressed
- Cache Directives
- max-age=0, private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
No findings.
AI Content Evaluation
86/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (32.3 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: no privacy policy found; no terms of service found; no contact page found — 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
- 53 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
- 3.160.5.18
- HTTP Status Code
- 401 OK
- Final Landing Destination
- https://www.wsj.com/
- Redirect Hop Count
- 1 hop
Redirect Hop Chain
- 1.https://wsj.com/ → https://www.wsj.com/
Site returned HTTP 401
The server is reachable but did not return a success status.
-6
HTTPS is enforced
All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
+10
Fast response (318ms)
+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)
- wsj.com
- Validity Period
- 60 days remaining (Expires: 2026-11-04T11:15:41.311Z)
- Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
- 1 domain protected
- Certificates Logged (CT)
- 1 certs recorded
Subject Alternative Names (Sample)
wsj.com
HTTPS encryption active & verified
Live TLS connection established successfully on port 443 with valid cipher suites.
+8
Key Legal & Transparency Pages
privacy PageNot linked
terms PageNot linked
contact PageNot linked
about PageNot linked
refund PageNot linked
shipping PageNot linked
cookies PageNot linked
No privacy policy found
Legally required in most jurisdictions. Its absence is a real red flag.
-4
No terms of service found
Reputable sites usually publish a terms of service.
-4
No contact page found
Reputable sites usually publish a contact page.
-4
No about page found
Reputable sites usually publish a about 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
- Robots.txt Directives
- Present & Configured
- Sitemaps Declared
- https://www.wsj.com/sitemap.xml, https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_google_news.xml, https://www.wsj.com/wsj_video_recent.xml, https://www.wsj.com/sitemap_topics.xml, https://www.wsj.com/sitemaps/web/wsj/en/sitemap_wsj_en_index.xml, https://www.wsj.com/live_news_sitemap.xml, https://www.wsj.com/authors_sitemap.xml, https://www.wsj.com/sitemaps/web/video/en/sitemap_video_en_index.xml, https://www.wsj.com/buyside/sitemap.xml, https://www.wsj.com/wsj_quote_index_sitemap.xml, https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_recipes.xml, https://www.wsj.com/sitemap_topic_collections.xml
- Disallow Rules Count
- 51 rules
View Raw robots.txt
# NOTICE: Collection of content and other data on https://www.wsj.com/ through # automated means is prohibited unless you have express written # permission from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and may only be conducted for the # limited purpose contained in said permission. # # Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Terms of Use may be found at # https://www.dowjones.com/terms-of-use/ # # If you would like to apply for permission to license the # intellectual property and/or other materials of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.’s # brands, please contact us via email at copyright@dowjones.com. User-agent: * Disallow: / User-agent: googlebot User-agent: googlebot-image User-agent: GoogleOther User-agent: Googlebot-Video User-agent: Google-InspectionTool User-agent: AdsBot-Google User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile-Apps User-agent: Storebot-Google User-agent: google-read-aloud User-agent: bingbot User-agent: msnbot User-agent: bingpreview User-agent: slurp User-agent: yahoo User-agent: baiduspider User-agent: Pinterestbot User-agent: Yeti User-agent: MojeekBot User-agent: 360Spider User-agent: google-cloudvertexbot User-agent: duckduckbot User-agent: Applebot User-agent: flipboard User-agent: qwantbot User-agent: SeznamBot User-agent: proximic User-agent: admantx User-agent: thetradedesk User-agent: outbrain User-agent: ias_crawler User-agent: AmazonAdBot User-agent: pubmatic User-agent: smartologybot User-agent: parselybot User-agent: BomboraBot User-agent: IllumaBot/1.0 User-agent: Publication-Access-for-Facebook User-agent: Wallie User-agent: Screaming Frog SEO Spider User-agent: AhrefsBot User-agent: SemrushBot User-agent: SimilarWebBot User-agent: SISTRIX User-agent: botify User-agent: Chrome-Lighthouse User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: facebookexternalhit User-agent: facebot User-agent: twitterbot User-agent: linkedinbot User-agent: snapchat User-agent: sentry User-agent: Iframely User-agent: Vocabtracker User-agent: EpvzCrawl6194680250 User-agent: Citoid User-agent: ZoteroTranslationServer Allow: / Disallow: /article_email/* Disallow: /user/* Disallow: /pdf/documents/* Disallow: /login/* Disallow: /acct/* Disallow: /msgcenter/* Disallow: /setup/* Disallow: /marketing/* Disallow: /public/article/* Disallow: /public/resources/documents/* Disallow: /public/search/ Disallow: /public/search* Disallow: /search* Disallow: /public/page/wsj-x-marketing.html Disallow: /public/page/news-media-marketing.html Disallow: /public/page/0_0_WP_RT_MARKETING.html Disallow: /news/articles/SB2* Disallow: /news/articles/SB3* Disallow: /news/articles/SB4* Disallow: /articles/SB2* Disallow: /articles/SB3* Disallow: /articles/SB4* Disallow: /article/AP* Disallow: /article/BT-CO* Disallow: /article/DN-CO* Disallow: /article/PR-CO* Disallow: /article/HUG* Disallow: /video/search/* Disallow: /articles/BT-CO* Disallow: /articles/DN-CO* Disallow: /articles/PR-CO* Disallow: /news/articles/BT-CO* Disallow: /news/articles/DN-CO* Disallow: /news/articles/PR-CO* Disallow: /catchup/* Disallow: /articles/the-meaning-behind-juneteenth-11592413234 Disallow: /emailservice/* Disallow: /emailsignup/* Disallow: /insetsrv/v1/* Disallow: /user/fpd/api/* Disallow: /Date(* Disallow: /auth/sso/proxy-login* Disallow: /client/ # For Buyside Search Results Disallow: /buyside/search-results?*term=* # Don't crawl non-indexable sites Disallow: /*?type=mdc_*&id=* Disallow: /*?id=*&type=mdc_* Disallow: /market-data/quotes/*/options/* Disallow: /subscribe/?inttrackingCode=* Disallow: /subscribe/?template=* User-agent: mediapartners-google Disallow: / Allow: /watchlist Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsjsitemaps/wsj_google_news.xml Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/wsj_video_recent.xml Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemap_topics.xml Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/sitemaps/web/wsj/en/sitemap_wsj_en_index.xml Sitemap: https://www.wsj.com/live_news_sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.wsj.
robots.txt published
+2
sitemap.xml available
+2
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Scan Engine Performance
Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline
Signals Analyzed
37
This scan
Sources Checked
18
Live security feeds
Scan Duration
3.64s
Ultra-fast
Last Scan
9/5/2026
Live timestamp
Overall Risk
Low Risk