Security Scan Report: cnet.com

Redirected to:
https://www.cnet.com/
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Submitted: Aug 1, 2026, 6:58:51 PMCompleted: Aug 1, 2026, 7:00:01 PMpubliccompleted

Summary

This website contacted 10 IPs in 2 countries across 45 domains to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is cnet.com and was registered 32 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://cnet.com

Effective URL: https://www.cnet.com/Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #14,496 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Moderate Risk

Confidence: 78%

3
Risk Score

The site is a legitimate, well‑established media outlet; the only concern is a single unverified malicious link to an ad network, resulting in moderate risk.

Risk Factors
External link to a domain flagged as malware by abuse.ch
Unverified community submission for the IoC
Safety Factors
Established, high‑age domain with reputable brand
Absence of credential or payment collection forms
No malicious JavaScript or network IDS alerts
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news - CNET

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

entertainment media

(73%)

Domain Information

The domain 'cnet.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) without a subdomain. The second-level label 'cnet' is 4 characters long holding one vowel versus three consonants. Breaking it apart gives 1 word: cnet. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of a.amxrtb.com

Page Load Overview

4.57s
Total Load Time
164
HTTP Requests
45
Domains
3.3 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:80%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

Language Code:en
Detection Confidence:80%
Script Type:Latin
HTML Lang Attribute:en-US
Text Length:18,338 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

entertainment media73% confidence
Type: dynamic
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

entertainment media
73%
technology software
51%
e-commerce shopping
32%
documentation technical
30%
corporate
25%

Detected Features

Articles
OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
20142.251.155.119Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
16199.232.198.154Fastly · CDNUnited States
AS54113Fastly, Inc.
162.16.183.14Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
16192.0.66.2San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
16142.251.13.157Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
16192.0.66.145San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
16192.0.76.3San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
16192.0.66.159San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
16104.18.87.42Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
16192.0.66.112San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
16410--

Page Statistics

164
Requests
28
Unique Domains
3.8 MB
Total Size

Detected Technologies7

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1427418F2A16D647A955AE3CAAA20B74AF1C7C157CE4188D4C7F6C3DCD3C6E91B8B4204

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

6144:EhM5sFsCsHszsOsWsls6susts4srsQsBsTsysxsesJsEsesNsEsfsrszsCsws3sP:JR5p/+xmkc7K2UI2kfixi0kibqKfzY3t

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:355850:QkCtABGSGMgGiqJxmQDqhEmCmECiCnlHKFiBJEKACNgIIdNohQUERBEgrCYJMjsATIQwAVkOGAwgWkMDgDGWDZRFYzIF1CGH

These hashes enable detection of similar websites and malware variants by comparing content similarity even when exact matches aren't found.

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