Website reputation report

quickread.co.za

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

61/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
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● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Quick Read is one of the leading online magazines in SA. We focus on general news, technology, entertainment, celebrity news, sports, health, finance and many more

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

61/100Safety 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 Infrastructure91 Website Security95 Security Hygiene35 Transparency59 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 quickread.co.za

Updated Nov 1, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on quickread.co.za. 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: Quick Read is one of the leading online magazines in SA. We focus on general news, technology, entertainment, celebrity news, sports, health, finance and…

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 22, 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: 61/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of quickread.co.za

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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 quickread.co.za

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.

QuickRead.co.za – South African News, Jobs, Finance & Lifestyle UpdatesQuickRead.co.za brings you the latest South African news, government jobs, business insights, finance updates, entertainment, celebrity news and lifestyle trends. About US | QuickRead.co.za About Us InformationQuick Read is one of the leading online magazines in SA. We focus on general news, technology, entertainment, celebrity news, sports, health, finance and many more Contact Quick Read Magazine online | Quick Read South AfricaUse our online contact form or email address to contact Quick Read magazine. Due to a high volume of emails, we normally take 24 hours to respond News Archives – Quick Read MagazineNews – Quick Read Magazine What is a DDoS Attack? DDoS Meaning, Definition, Types and SolutionsLearn what a DDoS attack is, its meaning, types, how it works, and the best DDoS protection solutions for businesses in South Africa. Advertising on Quick Read Magazine | Quick Read MagAdvertise your brand Quick Read online celebrity magazine. We will supply you with our rate cards for cheap advertising space QuickRead.Co.ZA Terms and conditionsThis web site, which is accessible at www.quickread.co.za, is made available by on our official website. Read our Terms and Conditions Business Archives – Quick Read MagazineBusiness – Quick Read Magazine Finance Archives – Quick Read MagazineFinance – Quick Read Magazine Latest South African Entertainment News at Quick Read MagazineQuick Read brings you all latest entertainment news in South Africa. Get all celebrity entertainment scoops, Mzansi celeb gossip and many more.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on quickread.co.za

12 phrases

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

readTitle, H1, Meta description9 sampled pages
quick readTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
read magazineTitle, H1, Meta description7 sampled pages
southTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
financeTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
entertainmentTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
south africaTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
south africanTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
celebrityMeta description4 sampled pages
businessTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
latestTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
latest southTitle, Meta description2 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%
91/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
35/100

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%
59/100

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

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 33 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 scripts36
Inline scripts27
Embedded frames0
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 domainquickread.co.za
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address172.64.80.1
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNCloudflare
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.quickread.co.za/
Endpoint172.64.80.1
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface9 records · 2 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals0 security headers · 6 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 size270,118 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources36 · 3 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YE1
Valid fromOct 24, 2026
Valid untilJan 22, 2027
Certificate names*.quickread.co.za · quickread.co.za

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.

A172.64.80.1TTL —
AAAA2606:4700:130:436c:6f75:6466:6c61:7265TTL —
NSaustin.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
NSsuzanne.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
MX0 smtp.secureserver.netTTL —
MX10 mailstore1.secureserver.netTTL —
TXTD7284788TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=1F80r4OT_qmARDZ9kFaxI9r40hwBA1clYKTeBPU4ga8TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:secureserver.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

0 observed

Header evidence is unavailable. Missing data is not treated as a clean result or proof of compromise.

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% Cloudflare 98% Google Analytics 94% Google Tag Manager 96% WooCommerce 90% WordPress 95%

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.

Recommended maintenance checks

WordPressKeep WordPress core, themes and plugins updated. Remove unused plugins and review administrator accounts.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Quick Read is one of the leading online magazines in SA. We focus on general news, technology, entertainment, celebrity news, sports, health, finance and many more

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 titleQuickRead.co.za – South African News, Jobs, Finance & Lifestyle Updates
First headingQuick Read Magazine
DescriptionQuickRead.co.za brings you the latest South African news, government jobs, business insights, finance updates, entertainment, celebrity news and lifestyle trends.
Canonical URLhttps://www.quickread.co.za/
Final URLhttps://www.quickread.co.za/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesArticle · BlogPosting · BreadcrumbList · ImageObject · ListItem · Organization · Person · Place · PostalAddress · WebPage · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.quickread.co.za/news/About page detectedhttps://www.quickread.co.za/about-us/Contact page detectedhttps://www.quickread.co.za/contact-us/
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
9100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.quickread.co.za/

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
rapid-radar-arc-910

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

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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 quickread.co.za

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Is quickread.co.za safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 61/100 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 quickread.co.za?

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

When was quickread.co.za registered?

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

Did quickread.co.za 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 quickread.co.za 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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