Website reputation report

penguin.com.au

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

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Public pages were observed on penguin.com.au, but their subject was not confidently classified. An About page was also found. Recurring page-metadata topics include books australia, random house, debut.

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

67/100Safety 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 Security95 Security Hygiene80 Transparency55 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 penguin.com.au

Updated Oct 2, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on penguin.com.au. 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: <p>Penguin Random House is the world’s most global trade book publisher. Our mission is to connect readers everywhere to stories and ideas that inform,...</p>

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 Feb 3, 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: 67/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on penguin.com.au

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.

Penguin Books AustraliaWelcome to Penguin Random House Australia. Explore bestselling fiction, non-fiction, children's books & Penguin Classics here. About us - Penguin Books Australia<p>Penguin Random House is the world’s most global trade book publisher. Our mission is to connect readers everywhere to stories and ideas that inform,...</p> Ten things I wish you knew about raising boys by Dr Billy Garvey - Penguin Books AustraliaThe essential guide for every parent who wants to better understand their boy, from the bestselling parenting author and host of the Pop Culture Parenting podcast. The surprising thing Michelle See-Tho learned about song lyrics while writing her debut novel - Penguin Books AustraliaPlus, her #1 tip for aspiring authors. Penguin Books Australiahttps://www.penguin.com.au/features News - Penguin Books AustraliaExtracts, features, news, recipes, articles and more from Penguin Random House. Booker Prize 2026 shortlist - Penguin Books AustraliaThe Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout and The Disappearers by Marlon James have been shortlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize. Diversify your bookshelf: recommendations from the Penguin team - Penguin Books AustraliaDiscover the diverse books our team recommends to broaden your reading and introduce you to unforgettable new authors. What is Dungeon Crawler Carl? - Penguin Books AustraliaIf you’ve been hearing these words a lot lately and not sure what they mean, here’s your guide to the DCC universe. 10 debut authors share where the ideas for their first novels came from - Penguin Books AustraliaLearn about the inspiration behind debut authors’ first novels.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on penguin.com.au

9 phrases

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

books australiaTitle10 sampled pages
random houseH1, Meta description3 sampled pages
debutTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
authorsTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
house australiaH1, Meta description2 sampled pages
ideasTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
theirTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
thingsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
featuresH1, 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%
80/100

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%
55/100

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 HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 4 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 scripts4
Inline scripts6
Embedded frames1
External script hosts3

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 domainpenguin.com.au
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address3.162.3.116
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.penguin.com.au/
Endpoint3.162.3.116
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface16 records · 4 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals6 security headers · 0 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 size328,239 bytes
HTTP check duration2,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources4 · 3 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Amazon, commonName=Amazon RSA 2048 M04
Valid fromJan 5, 2026
Valid untilFeb 3, 2027
Certificate namespenguin.com.au

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.

A3.162.3.116TTL —
A3.162.3.49TTL —
A3.162.3.68TTL —
A3.162.3.92TTL —
NSns-1401.awsdns-47.orgTTL —
NSns-1990.awsdns-56.co.ukTTL —
NSns-70.awsdns-08.comTTL —
NSns-738.awsdns-28.netTTL —
MX10 au-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.comTTL —
MX20 au-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.comTTL —
TXTfacebook-domain-verification=y4mdr8psprvp3fxc3g224p5iougmu1TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=IxFCRnxf_lwzDkb9m2bxfH-hhCNHx7oA63XIec3u_WwTTL —
TXTmandrill_verify.wE8FjYlztDupEoRq42Ut3ATTL —
TXTpenguinrandomhouse.azurewebsites.netTTL —
TXTR0A0N31208TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:au._netblocks.mimecast.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com -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

6 observed
content-security-policypresent default-src 'self' data: wss: blob: *.algolia.net *.algolianet.com *.applicationinsights.azure.com *.applicationinsights.microsoft.com *.doubleclick.net *.facebook.com *.facebook.net *.fonts.com *.fonts.net *.google-analytics.com *.google.co.nz *.google.com *.google.com.au *.googleapis.com *.googletagmanager.com *.gstatic.com *.hotjar.com *.hotjar.io *.instagram.com *.klaviyo.com *.moatads.com *.penguin.co.nz *.penguin.com.au *.textpublishing.com.au *.recaptcha.net *.serving-sys.com *.tiktok.com *.typeform.com *.ubembed.com *.youtube.com az416426.vo.msecnd.net cdnjs.cloudflare.com dc.services.visualstudio.com js.monitor.azure.com lf16-tiktok-web.ttwstatic.com penguin-random-house.involve.me prh.imgix.net textpublishing-prod.imgix.net rt.services.visualstudio.com stream.mux.com image.mux.com ws.hotjar.com; script-src 'self' 'nonce-M3Ve4kkQFf+gKsb62M5E0w==' https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com https://dacf675768e847cbaee5b9ee9d45ed9d.js.ubembed.com https://fast.fonts.net https://static.klaviyo.com https://www.google.com https://www.googletagmanager.com *.algolia.net *.algolianet.com *.applicationinsights.azure.com *.applicationinsights.microsoft.com *.doubleclick.net *.facebook.com *.facebook.net *.fonts.com *.fonts.net *.google-analytics.com *.google.co.nz *.google.com *.google.com.au *.googleapis.com *.googletagmanager.com *.gstatic.com *.hotjar.com *.hotjar.io *.instagram.com *.klaviyo.com *.moatads.com *.penguin.co.nz *.penguin.com.au *.textpublishing.com.au *.recaptcha.net *.serving-sys.com *.tiktok.com *.typeform.com *.ubembed.com *.youtube.com az416426.vo.msecnd.net cdnjs.cloudflare.com dc.services.visualstudio.com js.monitor.azure.com lf16-tiktok-web.ttwstatic.com penguin-random-house.involve.me prh.imgix.net textpublishing-prod.imgix.net rt.services.visualstudio.com stream.mux.com image.mux.com ws.hotjar.com; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://fast.fonts.net *.typekit.net *.algolia.net *.algolianet.com *.applicationinsights.azure.com *.applicationinsights.microsoft.com *.doubleclick.net *.facebook.com *.facebook.net *.fonts.com *.fonts.net *.google-analytics.com *.google.co.nz *.google.com *.google.com.au *.googleapis.com *.googletagmanager.com *.gstatic.com *.hotjar.com *.hotjar.io *.instagram.com *.klaviyo.com *.moatads.com *.penguin.co.nz *.penguin.com.au *.textpublishing.com.au *.recaptcha.net *.serving-sys.com *.tiktok.com *.typeform.com *.ubembed.com *.youtube.com az416426.vo.msecnd.net cdnjs.cloudflare.com dc.services.visualstudio.com js.monitor.azure.com lf16-tiktok-web.ttwstatic.com penguin-random-house.involve.me prh.imgix.net textpublishing-prod.imgix.net rt.services.visualstudio.com stream.mux.com image.mux.com ws.hotjar.com; object-src 'none'; img-src 'self' data: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com https://fast.fonts.net https://static.klaviyo.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://www.google.com https://www.googletagmanager.com *.algolia.net *.algolianet.com *.applicationinsights.azure.com *.applicationinsights.microsoft.com *.doubleclick.net *.facebook.com *.facebook.net *.fonts.com *.fonts.net *.google-analytics.com *.google.co.nz *.google.com *.google.com.au *.googleapis.com *.googletagmanager.com *.gstatic.com *.hotjar.com *.hotjar.io *.instagram.com *.klaviyo.com *.moatads.com *.penguin.co.nz *.penguin.com.au *.textpublishing.com.au *.recaptcha.net *.serving-sys.com *.tiktok.com *.typeform.com *.ubembed.com *.youtube.com az416426.vo.msecnd.net cdnjs.cloudflare.com dc.services.visualstudio.com js.monitor.azure.com lf16-tiktok-web.ttwstatic.com penguin-random-house.involve.me prh.imgix.net textpublishing-prod.imgix.net rt.services.visualstudio.com stream.mux.com image.mux.com ws.hotjar.com; font-src 'self' https://fast.fonts.net *.typekit.net *.algolia.net *.algolianet.com *.applicationinsights.azure.com *.applicationinsights.microsoft.com *.doubleclick.net *.facebook.com *.facebook.net *.fonts.com *.fonts.net *.google-analytics.com *.google.co.nz *.google.com *.google.com.au *.googleapis.com *.googletagmanager.com *.gstatic.com *.hotjar.com *.hotjar.io *.instagram.com *.klaviyo.com *.moatads.com *.
permissions-policypresent geolocation=(self), camera=(), microphone=()
referrer-policypresent strict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
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

Not confidently detected

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

<p>Penguin Random House is the world’s most global trade book publisher. Our mission is to connect readers everywhere to stories and ideas that inform,...</p>

View the site's About page ↗

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

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titlePenguin Books Australia
First headingPenguin Random House Australia
DescriptionWelcome to Penguin Random House Australia. Explore bestselling fiction, non-fiction, children's books & Penguin Classics here.
Canonical URLhttps://www.penguin.com.au/
Final URLhttps://www.penguin.com.au/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · 2000 ms
Languageen-AU
Structured typesOrganization
Page page detectedhttps://www.penguin.com.au/featuresAbout page detectedhttps://www.penguin.com.au/about
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions usb restricted100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions payment restricted100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en-AU100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
16100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe eval100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp wildcard sources100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions geolocation restricted100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.penguin.com.au/

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

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
deep-vector-web-357

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 penguin.com.au
Earlier browser capture retained because this scan did not produce a usable replacement. It is not fresh scan evidence.

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Questions about penguin.com.au

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Is penguin.com.au safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 67/100 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 penguin.com.au?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was penguin.com.au registered?

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

Did penguin.com.au 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 penguin.com.au 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.