Security Scan Report: buff.ly

Redirected to:
https://buffer.com/
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Submitted: Sep 23, 2026, 1:44:38 PMCompleted: Sep 23, 2026, 1:45:51 PMpubliccompleted

This website contacted 5 IPs in 1 country across 29 domains to perform 518 HTTP transactions. The main domain is buffer.com and was registered 6 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://buff.ly

Effective URL:

https://buffer.com/
Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #123,654 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 95%

0
Risk Score

buff.ly redirects to buffer.com, the official Buffer site. No phishing, credential-harvesting, malware, or impersonation signals detected.

Safety Factors (5)
Final URL is buffer.com, the brand owner's official domain
Self-branding: title and meta tags refer to Buffer, matching the destination brand
No password or payment fields present
No threat-intelligence, YARA, IDS, or JavaScript behavioral signals
Redirect from buff.ly to buffer.com is a normal short-link/vanity-domain pattern
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Buffer: Social media management for everyone

Scan Type

public

Domain Name Analysis

Within the Libyan country-code top-level domain (.ly), 'buff.ly' is registered with no subdomain. Count 4 characters in 'buff' with one vowel and 3 consonants. It segments into 1 word: buff. Expect four characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://buff.ly

Page Load Overview

4.14s
Total Load Time
6.9 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

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

Detection Details

HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:25,892 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

corporate50% confidence
Type: static
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

corporate
50%
forum
40%

Detected Features

OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
106104.18.99.118Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
10376.76.21.21Aws · CLOUDWalnut, California, United States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
103104.18.19.62Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
103172.67.145.223Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
103104.16.80.73Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
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Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1D03297234D4CEE0E1A105ACEB05BBF1EC91B607E9938D850F69C4F145A91BE78252FBD

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

192:aM5D4/EfCNN2GvgGiPoCLjqpepMpQpGpVpbpRnlY11v6T9OHneXVaQthujNizhI0:B5D4/EfCNN2GvgGiPn3EwGyoPln82XVH

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:11710:igLQJAhfmAgliWBMdsIAggIAcYkAq4GRwIk0iKhDCUImQUiYCiyNAMEAxKQAIJigBBwB4F0GAXQFgOkQelEQTyOAmGCECQRF

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

Image Hashes

Perceptual Hashes

Average Hash:bdc3e7e3f7ffe480
Perceptual Hash:e2275b89ccca9b52
Difference Hash:510e4d0705194d11
Wavelet Hash:8081e7e3e7fde480
Color Hash:#6c9ce0

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:510e4d0705194d11

Scan History

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