Website reputation report

niu.edu

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

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

niu.edu is currently classified in the Education 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 northern illinois university, campus, student.

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

60/100Safety 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 Infrastructure92 Website Security79 Security Hygiene50 Transparency56 Reputation50 Operational Stability84
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 niu.edu

Updated Sep 30, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on niu.edu. 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: Learn about Northern Illinois University: a premier research university combining academic excellence, student success and Midwestern authenticity.

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 2000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Nov 6, 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: 60/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on niu.edu

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.

Northern Illinois University | Your Future. Our Focus.Northern Illinois University offers more than 100 areas of study and a personalized path to a powerful degree, 65 miles west of Chicago. Apply today. About NIU | Northern Illinois UniversityLearn about Northern Illinois University: a premier research university combining academic excellence, student success and Midwestern authenticity. Contact Us | Northern Illinois UniversityFind department phone numbers, email and building locations plus campus mailing addresses for Northern Illinois University Fast Facts | Northern Illinois UniversityExplore NIU by the numbers: nearly 16,000 students, 160+ degree programs, a 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio and an average class size of 26. Huskie Pride | Northern Illinois UniversityJoin Huskie traditions from Red and Black Fridays to game day celebrations. Discover how to express your NIU pride through athletics, arts, digital downloads, and cherished campus Maps and Transportation | Northern Illinois UniversityNIU visitors will find maps and parking info for our DeKalb campus. Recognitions and Rankings | Northern Illinois UniversityExplore NIU’s national rankings and recognitions for academic excellence, student success and inclusion from leading publications and organizations. Vision, Mission and Values | Northern Illinois UniversityLearn how NIU's vision of advancing social mobility and innovation guides our mission of educational excellence, research and community engagement, supported by core values that sh Admissions and Aid | Northern Illinois UniversityApply to Northern Illinois University as an undergraduate, graduate or law student, and explore tuition costs, financial aid and scholarship resources to plan for your education. Part-Time J.D. Program in Naperville | NIU College of LawEarn your J.D. on your schedule at NIU Law's Naperville campus. Evenings and select weekends, ABA accredited, same degree as our full-time program. Built around your life.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on niu.edu

6 phrases

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

northern illinois universityTitle, H1, Meta description9 sampled pages
campusMeta description4 sampled pages
studentMeta description4 sampled pages
degreeMeta description3 sampled pages
excellenceMeta description3 sampled pages
exploreMeta 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%
92/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
79/100

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%
56/100

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%
84/100

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 submitted127,070
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 · 11 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 scripts11
Inline scripts19
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 domainniu.edu
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address131.156.223.14
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.niu.edu/index.shtml
Endpoint131.156.223.14
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface19 records · 2 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals1 security headers · 4 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 size127,070 bytes
HTTP check duration2,000 ms
Cookies observed1
Script resources11 · 2 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=DigiCert Inc, commonName=DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1
Valid fromOct 15, 2025
Valid untilNov 6, 2026
Certificate names*.niu.edu · niu.edu · www.ccwe.niu.edu · www.cedu.niu.edu · www.cgs.niu.edu · www.chhs.niu.edu · www.cob.niu.edu · www.engl.niu.edu · www.hr.niu.edu

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.

A131.156.223.14TTL —
NSdns-ext1.niu.eduTTL —
NSdns-ext2.niu.eduTTL —
MX0 niu-edu.mail.protection.outlook.comTTL —
TXTautodesk-domain-verification=hw6d-miT9ba8-WuZ8Kq9TTL —
TXTcoursera-domain-verification=CzOrLEBvWzWWBLIhBdt5oXxWtTsDkZO7bhgMjSi5HZ7xgKiDc2G7nmHFpEIiDvz0TTL —
TXTdocusign=59eb093d-df34-43bc-83fb-3d7424734047TTL —
TXTdocusign=6a35ba1d-7ae3-4079-ac7a-9bd45439deb7TTL —
TXTdocusign=92e291cf-fcfa-436a-a9d9-09700cf0ce3eTTL —
TXTdocusign=f58976bc-f626-4232-8836-844e17ff7832TTL —
TXTgoogle-gws-recovery-domain-verification=62020772TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=5cjSTz8DvO0x04PMYTFJcIbn-Rev9BFg8iNnE-HFPIUTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=BiM7D1Nux9kZRaI-MwWrF8Hu11fDeVclorN5s3tjJnsTTL —
TXThibp-verify=dweb_r99aza50a2xwm44an13qtj2aTTL —
TXThkq6bl0v0cy3pb4g8z7f0vtvyc873vxrTTL —
TXTMS=ms75199486TTL —
TXTrua=mailto:dmarc_agg@dmarc.everest.emailTTL —
TXTv=spf1 ip4:131.156.0.0/16 include:spf-a.niu.edu include:spf-b.niu.edu include:mh.blackboard.com -allTTL —
TXTyahoo-verification-key=d+mIoTFMPS/Pt6HVp/QfdwRulbR/Kme78Efv+qGPBUE=" "google-site-verification=CC8fw8IUuQ-ytqvJShC6Q0hekjiiPXT_qRSVRRLpWXETTL —

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
DMARCMonitoring-only DMARC policy

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; includeSubDomains; preload

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed1
Missing Secure0
Missing HttpOnly0
Missing SameSite1

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Google Tag Manager 96% jQuery 3.6.1 82% 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.

jquery 3.6.1 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

jQueryConfirm the observed jQuery version is supported by your application and update it through your normal dependency process.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Learn about Northern Illinois University: a premier research university combining academic excellence, student success and Midwestern authenticity.

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.

Emailadmissions@niu.eduSource: https://www.niu.edu/about/contact.shtml
Emailgradsch@niu.eduSource: https://www.niu.edu/about/contact.shtml
Emaillaw-admit@niu.eduSource: https://www.niu.edu/about/contact.shtml

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleNorthern Illinois University | Your Future. Our Focus.
First headingNorthern Illinois University
DescriptionNorthern Illinois University offers more than 100 areas of study and a personalized path to a powerful degree, 65 miles west of Chicago. Apply today.
Canonical URLhttps://www.niu.edu/index.shtml
Final URLhttps://www.niu.edu/index.shtml
HTTP response200 · text/html · 2000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesCollegeOrUniversity
Page page detectedhttps://www.niu.edu/about/maps/index.shtmlAbout page detectedhttps://www.niu.edu/about/index.shtml
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing httponly100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
19100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
63072000100% evidence confidence
1100% 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
1100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing secure100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

2 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.niu.edu/
Hop 2https://www.niu.edu/index.shtml

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.

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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
bright-harbor-path-660

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 niu.edu
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 niu.edu

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Is niu.edu safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 60/100 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 niu.edu?

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 niu.edu registered?

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

Did niu.edu have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.2. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does niu.edu 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.