Is wsj.com safe?

Very Likely Safe

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

Popular site · #377 worldwideChecked Nov 13, 2026

Trust score

Why: Main reasons: domain registered 32+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #377 worldwide. Minor issues: site returned HTTP 401; missing HSTS.

Identity & Age100/100

Impersonation Risk100/100

Red Flags100/100

Transparency70/100

Security75/100

Email100/100

Positive highlights

Domain registered 32+ 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 #377 worldwideListed in the Tranco top 1 million websites. Scam sites are almost never this popular.
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 (182ms)
Not present in PhishStats phishing feed
DMARC published (quarantine)

Negative highlights

Site returned HTTP 401The server is reachable but did not return a success status.
Missing HSTSTells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.
Missing Content Security PolicyRestricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

Note: 224+ URLs indexed. A large sitemap suggests an established, content-rich site.

Note: Registered via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc..

Note: 1 technologies detected. Cloudflare

Key facts about wsj.com

Website: wsj.com
Popularity: #377 worldwide (Tranco top 1M)
Domain created: May 26, 1994 (32.5 years old)
Domain expires: May 25, 2027
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Owner details: Public in WHOIS
IP address: 3.160.5.18
Hosting / CDN: Cloudflare
SSL certificate: HTTPS works (certificate details unavailable)
Email security: SPF ✓ · DMARC ✓ (quarantine)
Threat blocklists: Not listed (clean)
Technology: Cloudflare

Summary

92/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (32.5 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: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Creation Date: May 26, 1994 (32.5 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

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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.

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-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)

accept-ch: Sec-CH-UA,Sec-CH-UA-Mobile,Sec-CH-UA-Platform,Sec-CH-UA-Arch,Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List,Sec-CH-UA-Model,Sec-CH-Device-Memory,Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version
access-control-allow-credentials: true
access-control-allow-origin: *
access-control-expose-headers: x-dd-b, x-set-cookie
cache-control: max-age=0, private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
cf-ray: a59ed8c64aa1b86e-CMH
charset: utf-8
connection: close
content-length: 767
content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8
date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:35:31 GMT
pragma: no-cache
server: cloudflare
set-cookie: datadome=zrnAz0_pOjxGrYVCutWJqBGD9p6N2himN3IGN7z4QGieLkI4ViNTWW4WFeaAZoa43V9I7QegwQvdqLEPhTil42Yf2RWwGACPUFoGRi~WDJzlBbMQDrwHynCqcqCAwBZw; Max-Age=31536000; Domain=.wsj.com; Path=/; SameSite=Lax
via: 1.1 a3951d8f67c74b7a8683213cf4008ee6.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
x-amz-cf-id: 8IQEIpGW5VoyEdfPcEhMCRLVmIHa0ag_2_LoKbgGhmyOGL_PiocDTA==
x-amz-cf-pop: CMH68-P7
x-cache: LambdaGeneratedResponse from cloudfront
x-datadome: protected
x-datadome-cid: AHrlqAAAAAMA8bw21xdAZhkA-Ost8Q==
x-dd-b: 2

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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

DNS Records

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

Resolved

IPv4 Addresses (A): 3.160.5.18, 3.160.5.107, 3.160.5.113, 3.160.5.100
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: 36 TXT verification records

A Records (IPv4)

3.160.5.183.160.5.1073.160.5.1133.160.5.100

TXT Verification Records

1da8ea47a55e41d8a5e3547014ff0df3

ValidationTokenValue=313dc83f-c48d-468e-beb9-f1009db743b7

ZOOM_verify_FrSli5rrR7yyjTeOO-0Ngw

_jebpalp9qdenvdol02xdobrh9kedj5t

adobe-idp-site-verification=7ef638bb68822798685f96e436bfc87a6f79319dd86369e447b84bb8ea9c6f68

apple-domain-verification=Fd7PvX1VFssX7YlK

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-business-claim=joEYXftwrzm0PS5eZbtoyChDCH5doXb_d9o69JFYUXc

openai-domain-verification=dv-63834euf9HsL6r8GJAQfNf6Z

openai-domain-verification=dv-JwASLFwVo5pvxd0F8tRz4NK3

pardot858843=b677571961124861149dc1ce6b9bce01a13dc2dd2a9b59fa25eefa29cf847480

pardot937523=183e8670efb27a80833eb77a7c73d2081d1bc36da7763e1f4fefaf95d4f9e405

pardot937523=a84acf2c5ec076341f4486d7e5caf2f4918fee1860b93796da08e56c6ce610ae

pardot937523=ad9cb1ba6a487d2f26f5e1f3f14378a243aeb5d7aa02b3e70bcbf668dec68cb1

pendo-domain-verification=tTAAYqapp5CTCkkrUtw8bmgAxLg

profound-domain-verification-2zbfgw=fP1mKuxqhY7w6a2fISiqtPYPl

profound-domain-verification-bkbqtw=gvuI18zmwg046ujKYTMS9CjQb

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 include:96527c.workshop-spf.net ~all

wiz-domain-verification=0a9c41b6b137ce002ca72276158d108297343cfef1c1335d77ee2dd88605215a

zapier-domain-verification-challenge=aeb043d8-5dba-4316-87ec-cc5b9c7d36ea

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4 address record(s) resolved

4 authoritative nameservers

WHOIS & Identity Lookup

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

Found

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

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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.

Email Security & Deliverability

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

Protected

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 include:96527c.workshop-spf.net ~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.

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SPF record published

DMARC published (quarantine)

DKIM configured (google, selector2, 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: 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.

Technology Stack & Metadata

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

Detected

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: —

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1 technologies detected

Cloudflare

Page Performance & Compression

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

182ms

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: 182 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 Safety & Red Flags

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

Safe

AI Content Evaluation

92/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (32.5 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Main reasons: domain registered 32+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #377 worldwide. Minor issues: site returned HTTP 401; missing HSTS.

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.

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: 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/

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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 (182ms)

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)

wsj.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.

Warning

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

Published Phone Numbers: 4324612524, 5234339310

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.

Robots.txt & Sitemap Discoverability

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

Present

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: 50 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: mediapartners-google
User-agent: NewsRoom.BI

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=*


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.com/auth

robots.txt published

sitemap.xml available

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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

3.38s

Full live scan

Last Scan

11/13/2026

Live timestamp

Overall Risk

Low Risk

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