Website reputation report

citylit.ac.uk

Last checked 53 minutes ago · Point-in-time assessment

66/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

At City Lit, we believe in the transformative power of education. Join our team and play a vital role in bringing Londoners together to enrich their lives through learning.

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

66/100Safety Score
65%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History0 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene70 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.

Current report context

What changed since the last scan

  • No earlier report to compare
What this scan could verify · 5 observed, 1 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup unavailable Reason: stage unavailable
Network observed
TLS observed
Website response observed
Website content observed

Unavailable and unperformed checks are not clean results. The detailed evidence below remains the source for each conclusion.

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Independent evidence brief

What we observed about citylit.ac.uk

Updated Oct 17, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on citylit.ac.uk. 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: At City Lit, we believe in the transformative power of education. Join our team and play a vital role in bringing Londoners together to…

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 Jan 4, 2027.

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: 66/100. Evidence Confidence: 65%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of citylit.ac.uk

No approved reviews yet ☆☆☆☆☆

Visitor experiences are separate from the independent technical Safety Score.

Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on citylit.ac.uk

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.

City Lit | Adult Education | Courses Online & in LondonExplore 1000s of online and in-person courses taught by experts and experienced professionals. Learn from City Lit — London's biggest adult education college. What's It Like Working At City Lit? | Career Opportunities | City LitAt City Lit, we believe in the transformative power of education. Join our team and play a vital role in bringing Londoners together to enrich their lives through learning. Our Blog | City LitRead the latest articles and catch up the latest offers, events, news, and all things City Lit. Click here for more. How to Improve Your Communication Skills and Speak with Confidence | City LitWant to communicate more effectively? Discover practical ways to speak with confidence, improve your communication skills and build stronger personal and professional relationships Why Learn French? 9 Benefits of Learning One of the World's Most Loved Languages | City LitConsidering learning a new language? Discover the benefits of learning French. Why Craft? 10 Benefits of Learning a Craft | City LitCrafting is physical form of meditation. Discover the benefits of using your skill and working with your hands to create. How lifelong learning supports wellbeing and independence | City LitAdult education courses, classes, workshops, and more | Online and in London | Short, part-time, full-time, evening, and weekends. Events at City Lit | Online & in London | City LitExplore events hosted by City Lit online and in our purpose-built central London college building. Support Us | Donate to the City Lit Bursary | City Lit“This opportunity has allowed my soul to sing because I am actually doing what makes me feel free and happy.” — Angela Tulloch, Fine Artist and City Lit student bursary recipient. Short Courses in London & Online | Daytime, Evenings & Weekends | UK | City LitCity Lit offers short and long courses taught by experts in London & online. Discover Languages, Art & Design, Drama, Business, Sciences, History & more!

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on citylit.ac.uk

12 phrases

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

city litTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
in londonTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
learningTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
coursesTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
at cityTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
of learningTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
benefits ofTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
discoverMeta description4 sampled pages
educationTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
eventsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
adult educationTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
shortTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

i

Confidence is separate

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

!

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%
92/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
70/100

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)2026-10-17T06:25:46+00:00
HTML bytes submitted263,502
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-17T12:00:06+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

5 resources checked · 8 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 scripts8
Inline scripts20
Embedded frames1
External script hosts2

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 domaincitylit.ac.uk
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address151.101.1.124
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://www.citylit.ac.uk/
Endpoint151.101.1.124
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface28 records · 3 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 security headers · 2 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 size263,502 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources8 · 2 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 5 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR1
Valid fromOct 6, 2026
Valid untilJan 4, 2027
Certificate namescitylit.ac.uk · mcprod.citylit.ac.uk · www.citylit.ac.uk

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.

A151.101.1.124TTL —
A151.101.129.124TTL —
A151.101.193.124TTL —
A151.101.65.124TTL —
NSns10.ja.netTTL —
NSns11.ja.netTTL —
NSns12.ja.netTTL —
MX10 citylit-ac-uk.mail.protection.outlook.comTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=b30AI4hpufgyHwrex7L2qiBBNKtYVteJgCWm9IekR_TTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=mU4ya3PWBUbfLN-YIxc0JrAzP30b9KtOGGfrzOtlJwTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=rGSLfAz8rLXnBEyjZ4jXlsRFmFUzYYfxF5mgRde78STTL —
TXTaccess-domain-verification=d52812a7821033c781e18ecc3008b79a8fdd96d978ead3c36510b4ecb8b90a34TTL —
TXTadobe-idp-site-verification=7a979402ffa6516fa89d3f95426070b05af2873a12f2fe9f76608adab86b44c1TTL —
TXTapple-domain-verification=voI4yXWKajMOkE7fTTL —
TXTatlassian-domain-verification=KlklUXwOoGPYMV8eWsxBa2gp3e6Ww7OCsXboiASqmGKt7Nr/hUOqVp9wB96agffFTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=Liwv8veCGrRZAEO27oyJ1kZAqT658-Bfe1bA3pPUQ-ITTL —
TXThave-i-been-pwned-verification=8be5df12d332efd3e2d31ae572f5f9c0TTL —
TXTLyQSug61MWSDB90v/gwP/2WLxsgnsQwnPgI28F88UhsDPoemmqIa1qu/IxxclNq8ocTUX//8dnY9/LQGck5UNw==TTL —
TXTmiro-verification=58efcbb8ba8567e53aee42b0e5abb73677e35716TTL —
TXTMS=1D86C821F8E8D900F8DAC5ECC303C8E7927EEF8DTTL —
TXTMS=B2537774913E1A2B2AA20BCAEE6F945E898E0F26TTL —
TXTMS=ms38054707TTL —
TXTstripe-verification=e14f33c0a61d1adf4428723bd97695f095ef6ac7c3a6717b5d181984239e4b61TTL —
TXTv=DMARC1; p=none; pct=100; rua=mailto:dmarc@citylit.ac.uk;ri=600;TTL —
TXTv=spf1 ip4:212.54.136.59 ip4:74.91.88.107 include:mail.zendesk.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:em1552.citylit.ac.uk include:sendgrid.net include:spf2.accessacloud.com include:_spf.google.com include:em5241.citylit.ac.uk -allTTL —
TXTxZsukLV70GXaCSwNDz24vGOUai8f3ZzjBcQVyUop/V4=TTL —
TXTZOOM_verify_DEvdrPP5FJsVngKsI81S6MTTL —
TXTZOOM_verify_e11aoF7sQryBfuoiY3oBTATTL —

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

3 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

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% Zendesk 94%

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

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

About this website

What the site says about itself

At City Lit, we believe in the transformative power of education. Join our team and play a vital role in bringing Londoners together to enrich their lives through learning.

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.

Emaillegacy@citylit.ac.ukSource: https://www.citylit.ac.uk/support-us

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleCity Lit | Adult Education | Courses Online & in London
First headingExplore courses at City Lit
DescriptionExplore 1000s of online and in-person courses taught by experts and experienced professionals. Learn from City Lit — London's biggest adult education college.
Canonical URLhttps://www.citylit.ac.uk
Final URLhttps://www.citylit.ac.uk/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesEducationalOrganization · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.citylit.ac.uk/blogAbout page detectedhttps://www.citylit.ac.uk/about-us/career-opportunities
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% 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
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
28100% evidence confidence
3100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.citylit.ac.uk/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

Premium monitoring

Catch downtime and security changes automatically

Regular checks, availability history, and alert emails are reserved for Premium websites. Free reports remain point-in-time scans and do not create recurring server work.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
quiet-orbit-trace-955

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

Show change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

citylit.ac.ukPreview unavailable

No usable browser image was saved. The website icon is separate from a screenshot and is not visual evidence of the page.

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Questions about citylit.ac.uk

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Is citylit.ac.uk safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 66/100 with 65% 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 citylit.ac.uk?

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 citylit.ac.uk registered?

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

Did citylit.ac.uk 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 citylit.ac.uk 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.

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