Website reputation report

aeon.co

Last checked 1 day ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

aeon.co is currently classified in the News & Media category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include essays, world, latest.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

63/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History0 Infrastructure95 Website Security95 Security Hygiene50 Transparency57 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about aeon.co

Updated Sep 30, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on aeon.co. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Discover Aeon. Learn about our commitment to providing a world of ideas, our dedication to original content, and the passionate experts shaping the magazine.

Registrar and domain history

A reliable creation date was not returned by the registration lookup. The report leaves domain age unverified rather than guessing.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 18, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 63/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on aeon.co

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Aeon | a world of ideasAeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world’s most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all. About | AeonDiscover Aeon. Learn about our commitment to providing a world of ideas, our dedication to original content, and the passionate experts shaping the magazine. A prairie enthusiast in search of a farming land ethic | Aeon EssaysCaring for this planet entails decisions that are intimate, about our farms, our homes, our human and our wild neighbours A scientist’s search for answers about Amanita muscaria gummies | Aeon EssaysWhen I found the mushroom Amanita muscaria being sold in candy wrappers, I uncovered legal loopholes, dangerous dosages and more Contact | AeonConnect with Aeon. Reach out to us through our contact page to share your thoughts, inquiries, or collaborations. We value your feedback. Philosophy — Latest | AeonPhilosophy Essays from Aeon. World-leading thinkers explore life’s big questions and the history of ideas from Socrates to Simone de Beauvoir, political philosophy to philosophy of Science — Latest | AeonScience Essays from Aeon. World-leading scientists and science writers explore topics from theories of evolution to theories of consciousness, quantum physics to deep time, chemist Psychology — Latest | AeonPsychology Essays from Aeon. World-leading psychologists, neuroscientists and science writers explore topics from personality to neurodiversity, consciousness and altered states to Society — Latest | AeonSociety Essays from Aeon. World-leading thinkers explore big ideas from history, politics, economics, sociology, philosophy, archaeology and anthropology, and more. Culture — Latest | AeonCulture Essays from Aeon on topics that animate human cultures, from stories and literature to rituals and celebrations, art and architecture to our relationship with the natural w

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on aeon.co

12 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

essaysTitle, Meta description8 sampled pages
worldTitle, Meta description6 sampled pages
latestTitle5 sampled pages
world leadingMeta description4 sampled pages
ideasTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
of ideasTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
exploreMeta description4 sampled pages
cultureTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
philosophyTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
scienceTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
thinkersMeta description3 sampled pages
topicsMeta description3 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
0/100

Evidence is unavailable.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
95/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
50/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
57/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLNo signature match in the sampled HTML
Engine version1.5.4
Signature database date (UTC)2026-09-30T06:24:18+00:00
HTML bytes submitted283,446
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-09-30T18:00:09+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,072

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 20 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts20
Inline scripts6
Embedded frames1
External script hosts0

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainaeon.co
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address216.150.1.1
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://aeon.co/
Endpoint216.150.1.1
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface20 records · 4 nameservers · 5 mail exchangers
Protection signals1 security headers · 3 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size283,446 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources20 · 0 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromSep 19, 2026
Valid untilDec 18, 2026
Certificate namesaeon.co · www.aeon.co

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A216.150.1.1TTL —
NSns-1210.awsdns-23.orgTTL —
NSns-1834.awsdns-37.co.ukTTL —
NSns-46.awsdns-05.comTTL —
NSns-623.awsdns-13.netTTL —
MX10 aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX30 aspmx2.googlemail.comTTL —
MX30 aspmx3.googlemail.comTTL —
CAA0 iodef "mailto:tech@aeon.co"TTL —
CAA0 issuewild "amazon.com"TTL —
CAA0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"TTL —
TXTadobe-idp-site-verification=e14d3aa043f3d791edf9551275303ce38ca24aab554b9e85208d23368e900cfbTTL —
TXTanthropic-domain-verification-y4py38=FDiGwU3dGdx8fIpm3L0CDa17tTTL —
TXTapple-domain-verification=t099rn9f4FjKCvIeTTL —
TXTfacebook-domain-verification=im1dxkni9vbpdmsseldnl3x2d5xv2gTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=RN3Me5uqbKJXfStNtg6zRPujcLOWCRHSccynjSFO314TTL —
TXTjetbrains-domain-verification=55hjsqhoxh0osm8kolefezsosTTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:helpscoutemail.com include:servers.mcsv.net -allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCPolicy record observed, not fully validated

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

1 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=63072000

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Next.js 96% Tailwind CSS 72%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

4 sampled JavaScript files checked locally with Retire.js. Database snapshot: 2026-09-30T02:40:06.930Z.

react-dom 19.3.0-canary-cbb046ab-20260731 No known advisories matched this version in the database snapshot.

A version match is not proof that the website is infected or that an issue is exploitable here. Owners should review the advisory, check whether their code is affected and test an update. Up to four external script files are sampled, not every dependency, inline script or dynamically loaded resource.

Recommended maintenance checks

Next.jsKeep Next.js and its runtime dependencies current, especially when server-side rendering is enabled.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Discover Aeon. Learn about our commitment to providing a world of ideas, our dedication to original content, and the passionate experts shaping the magazine.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailrepublishing@aeon.coSource: https://aeon.co/contact
Emaileditorial@aeon.coSource: https://aeon.co/contact
Emailcontact.video@aeon.coSource: https://aeon.co/contact

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleAeon | a world of ideas
First headingDon’t use the ‘C-word’
DescriptionAeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world’s most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.
Canonical URLhttps://aeon.co
Final URLhttps://aeon.co/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesNewsMediaOrganization · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://aeon.co/philosophyAbout page detectedhttps://aeon.co/aboutContact page detectedhttps://aeon.co/contact
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
20100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
5100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
63072000100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts include subdomains100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

0 recorded hops

No redirect hop was recorded for the sampled homepage.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

Safety Score0 points
HTTP status200 → 200
Final URL changedNo
Technologies addedNone observed
Technologies removedNone observed

This comparison uses persisted scan evidence only. A changed signal can reflect a real website change, a different response or newly available evidence.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
azure-signal-web-053

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of aeon.co
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about aeon.co

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Is aeon.co safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 63/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on aeon.co?

ClamAV found no signature match in the sampled homepage HTML. External scripts, downloads and private server files were not checked. This is not a whole-site malware clearance.

When was aeon.co registered?

The registry lookup did not provide a reliable creation date in this scan.

Did aeon.co have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does aeon.co describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.