Website reputation report

smartcitiesworld.net

Last checked 58 minutes ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

smartcitiesworld.net 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 smart cities world, solve urban challenges, data.

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

77/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History90 Infrastructure95 Website Security95 Security Hygiene80 Transparency60 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 smartcitiesworld.net

Updated Oct 2, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on smartcitiesworld.net. 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: Our mission is to be the leading platform for sharing ideas to solve urban challenges in order to facilitate and expedite an equitable and…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Nov 13, 2015. Registrar: IONOS SE.

Recorded expiry date: Nov 13, 2026. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 2000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Feb 11, 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: 77/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on smartcitiesworld.net

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.

Smart Cities World - Latest news and case studiesSmartCitiesWorld is a world-leading platform for sharing ideas to solve urban challenges that enable us to live in more resilient, sustainable, safe, and prosperous environments. Smart Cities World - Passionate about making a differenceOur mission is to be the leading platform for sharing ideas to solve urban challenges in order to facilitate and expedite an equitable and successful transition through digital tra Contact Us - Smart Cities WorldSmartCitiesWorld is a world-leading platform for sharing ideas and case studies to solve urban challenges that enable us to live in more resilient, sustainable, safe, and prosperou Smart Cities World - Webinars - How data and AI support better decisions to bolster city operationsWatch now to explore how local authorities can strengthen workforce decision-making by combining unified data, agentic AI and secure digital foundations SmartCitiesWorld launches AI CityXchange to support cities at every stage of AI adoption - Smart Cities WorldSmartCitiesWorld has today launched AI CityXchange, a dedicated platform and series of workshop events focused on how AI is being applied across cities Smart Cities World - ConnectSmartCitiesWorld Connect is our world-class global in-house content marketing agency, delivering expert sector specific digital content and live events that provide the cut through Latest news and case studies - Smart Cities WorldThe latest news to solve urban challenges that enable us to live in more resilient, sustainable, safe, and prosperous environments. Editor's Blog - Smart Cities WorldOur editor, gives his take on how smart cities are evolving. If you would like to receive these direct to your inbox as part of our weekly newsletter, make sure you sign up as a me 2021 Editor's Blog - DO NOT USE - Smart Cities WorldOur editor, gives his take on how smart cities are evolving. If you would like to receive these direct to your inbox as part of our weekly newsletter, make sure you sign up as a me Smart Cities World - Trend Series - The impact of AI and data on transport operations and servicesDelve into how cities are addressing the challenges of building intelligent transport systems and using AI and data to transform operations and user experience

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on smartcitiesworld.net

12 phrases

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

smart cities worldTitle10 sampled pages
solve urban challengesMeta description4 sampled pages
dataTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
editorTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
editor blogTitle, H12 sampled pages
of aiTitle, H12 sampled pages
operationsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
to solveMeta description4 sampled pages
challenges that enableMeta description3 sampled pages
enable us toMeta description3 sampled pages
resilient sustainable safeMeta description3 sampled pages
to live inMeta 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%
90/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

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%
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%
60/100

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 · 22 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 scripts22
Inline scripts4
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 domainsmartcitiesworld.net
RegistrarIONOS SE
RegisteredNov 13, 2015
Domain age10 years
ExpiresNov 13, 2026
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address108.128.15.217
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.smartcitiesworld.net/
Endpoint108.128.15.217
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface16 records · 2 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals6 security headers · 5 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 size253,258 bytes
HTTP check duration2,000 ms
Cookies observed4
Script resources22 · 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 14, 2026
Valid untilFeb 11, 2027
Certificate names*.smartcitiesworld.net · smartcitiesworld.net

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.

A108.128.15.217TTL —
A54.73.242.155TTL —
AAAA2a05:d018:12c:3c01:6030:c92b:d5be:54fbTTL —
AAAA2a05:d018:12c:3c03:f432:4961:1c3c:b901TTL —
NSapollo.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
NSkami.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
MX0 smartcitiesworld-net.mail.protection.outlook.comTTL —
MX32767 ms20518544.msv1.invalidTTL —
TXTamazonses:yeX5T+JijzzAkUQwcTwrm92AW71ExxqpoKaBY+sTa0A=TTL —
TXTgMxvVjWtTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=53B_zzCXbrP9TJIxMJuYPRZzG1mtFk9JgcmSAb21O2MTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=EUNnPYA0dcur0ib0CdANmevIly7pXrnkbrjUp0izDYMTTL —
TXTMS=ms28410957TTL —
TXTMS=ms56156728TTL —
TXTtk1prg0qrbhj1psr86u210k413TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:spf.mailjet.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:amazonses.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
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

6 observed
content-security-policypresent frame-ancestors 'self' *.affino.com;
permissions-policypresent geolocation=(), camera=(), microphone=()
referrer-policypresent strict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=63072000
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed4
Missing Secure2
Missing HttpOnly2
Missing SameSite2

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

Apache HTTP Server 93% Bootstrap 80% Google Analytics 94% Google Tag Manager 96% jQuery 3.7.1 82%

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

Apache HTTP ServerReview the Apache branch and keep security patches current. Avoid exposing detailed server version headers.
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

Our mission is to be the leading platform for sharing ideas to solve urban challenges in order to facilitate and expedite an equitable and successful transition through digital transformation and urban decarbonisation.

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.

Emailhello@smartcitiesworld.netSource: https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/contact-us
Emailmembership@smartcitiesworld.netSource: https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/contact-us
Emailmarketing-team@smartcitiesworld.netSource: https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/contact-us
Emailpress@smartcitiesworld.netSource: https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/contact-us
Emailjohno@smartcitiesworld.netSource: https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/connect

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleSmart Cities World - Latest news and case studies
First headingUnavailable
DescriptionSmartCitiesWorld is a world-leading platform for sharing ideas to solve urban challenges that enable us to live in more resilient, sustainable, safe, and prosperous environments.
Canonical URLhttps://www.smartcitiesworld.net/home
Final URLhttps://www.smartcitiesworld.net/
HTTP response200 · text/html;charset=UTF-8 · 2000 ms
LanguageEn
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://www.smartcitiesworld.net/connectAbout page detectedhttps://www.smartcitiesworld.net/about-usContact page detectedhttps://www.smartcitiesworld.net/contact-usSupport page detectedhttps://www.smartcitiesworld.net/webinars/webinar-29-sept-how-data-and-ai-support-better-decisions-to-bolster-city-operations
Local headers.permissions payment restricted100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions usb restricted100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
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En100% evidence confidence
1100% 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
16100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
4100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has default src100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has object src100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe eval100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp unsafe inline100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp wildcard sources100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts include subdomains100% evidence confidence
63072000100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/

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
calm-orbit-wave-436

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.

Website icon for smartcitiesworld.net

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of smartcitiesworld.net
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 smartcitiesworld.net

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Is smartcitiesworld.net safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 77/100 with 75% 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 smartcitiesworld.net?

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

When was smartcitiesworld.net registered?

The public registry record shows Nov 13, 2015. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did smartcitiesworld.net 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 smartcitiesworld.net 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.