Website reputation report

westernsydney.edu.au

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

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

westernsydney.edu.au is currently classified in the Education category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. Recurring page-metadata topics include western sydney, university, sydney university.

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

66/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History0 Infrastructure95 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.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about westernsydney.edu.au

Updated Sep 30, 2026

The latest scan examined 9 public pages on westernsydney.edu.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: Within the University there are disciplines and specialisations but outside the University there are real challenges that cross over these distinctions. Research at Western…

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 Apr 15, 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: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on westernsydney.edu.au

9 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.

Home | Western Sydney UniversityCharge towards change at Western Sydney University. Study close to home, gain hands-on experience and graduate confident, future-ready and ready to go places. Institutes and Research CentresWithin the University there are disciplines and specialisations but outside the University there are real challenges that cross over these distinctions. Research at Western Sydney About Western Sydney UniversityFind out about the governance and strategic directions of the University (opens in a new window). Business Services | Research at Western Sydney University"Business Services is responsive, flexible and agile – assisting business, government and the community to connect and partner with Western Sydney University in a variety ... Our Campuses and Delivery Locations | Western Sydney UniversityWe are Western Sydney - Choose from one of our modern, student-centred and conveniently located campuses and locations. Reach your unlimited potential. Services and FacilitiesThe University provides facilities and support services for staff, students and visitors on all campuses. These include: News CentreIn a new essay for the Australia Institute, Distinguished Professor George Williams AO, Vice-Chancellor and President of Western Sydney University, calls for stronger support for . Friends of Western Sydney launches to back the students shaping the region’s futureVice-Chancellor, Distinguished Professor George Williams AO; Ms Katie Page, CEO of Harvey Norman, and Founding Ambassador of Friends of Western Sydney; and Chancellor, Professor Je Charge Towards Change: Western Sydney University prepares students for a changing region and worldWestern Sydney's anchor institution launches its first new brand campaign in over a decade

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on westernsydney.edu.au

12 phrases

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

western sydneyTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
universityTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
sydney universityTitle, H1, Meta description6 sampled pages
studentsTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
of westernTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
charge towards changeTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
regionTitle, H12 sampled pages
researchTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
at westernTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
campusesTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
futureTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
launchesTitle, H1, 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%
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%
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)2026-09-29T06:26:15+00:00
HTML bytes submitted203,012
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-09-30T00:00:09+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,017

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 23 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 scripts23
Inline scripts1
Embedded frames1
External script hosts4

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 domainwesternsydney.edu.au
RegistrarEducation Services Australia Limited
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesserver renew prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address151.101.131.10
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.westernsydney.edu.au/
Endpoint151.101.131.10
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface31 records · 5 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals4 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 size203,012 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources23 · 4 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=DigiCert Inc, commonName=DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1
Valid fromSep 29, 2026
Valid untilApr 15, 2027
Certificate namescurrentstudents.uws.edu.au · elderlaw.uws.edu.au · elr.uws.edu.au · library.westernsydney.edu.au · liveoncampus.uws.edu.au · theacademy.edu.au · uws.edu.au · vpn.uws.edu.au · westernsydney.edu.au · www.theacademy.edu.au · www.uws.edu.au · www.westernsydney.edu.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.

A151.101.131.10TTL —
A151.101.195.10TTL —
A151.101.3.10TTL —
A151.101.31.10TTL —
A151.101.67.10TTL —
NSns01.westernsydney.edu.auTTL —
NSns02.westernsydney.edu.auTTL —
NSns1.aarnet.net.auTTL —
NSns2.aarnet.net.auTTL —
NSns3.aarnet.net.auTTL —
MX10 au-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.comTTL —
MX10 au-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.comTTL —
CAA0 iodef "mailto:hostmaster@lists.uws.edu.au"TTL —
CAA0 issue "amazon.com"TTL —
CAA0 issue "digicert.com; account=a50542558e1f94b7159fb5a1413faf6f1ae6ec514f382fa7dd26899f2ae9a4c5"TTL —
CAA0 issue "pki.goog"TTL —
CAA0 issuewild "digicert.com"TTL —
TXT24DZ4GRUA8fRXsT9zJSsyTVq6SsRkI7I1sM=TTL —
TXT7UBrAqbEVdxgVBjiCbcFdNLnMWmxxDZrEdgJmK/XMVTO5r7wsR5vE41wAPFI3lQePixWsArpzJETDPAg19c0sA==TTL —
TXTadobe-aem-verification=aem-uat-65.westernsydney.edu.au/136310/1368286/d48fc91e-dc2c-474a-9709-d8d03cda6819TTL —
TXTamazonses:u7Mdlw5u2/FXwzpC/azyePFOaUsh1qb1DF0mklHSucg=TTL —
TXTapple-domain-verification=O5PUhXRJ2svNY3OcTTL —
TXTautodesk-domain-verification=FE2jAnjj9zc1yBFgprotTTL —
TXTcisco-ci-domain-verification=1d4c60b0e9b223405cdf429ffae32286ce8eadbb2b28ba932ed064fb0c8b8a58TTL —
TXTDynatrace-site-verification=f47c8230-d439-4103-85cd-266e096ea2ce__mp0jrtime4qa19bf6uto65id2oTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=0i6Ixb_SRH8jFJ6f1oT7eDJpf4cHpRkbdztGhFSeJZMTTL —
TXTjamf-site-verification=CHW2nDM3Sp1Jxuft_iC4LgTTL —
TXTMS=ms97456710TTL —
TXTnintex.646d682b9f10bbbc71fa69daTTL —
TXTQuoVadis=0c0bcab6-66f8-4d5a-803c-3f76b50b72f0TTL —
TXTv=spf1 ip4:103.1.195.172 ip4:103.22.209.0/26 ip4:13.77.56.21 ip4:137.154.0.0/16 ip4:141.193.208.0/23 ip4:149.72.228.91 ip4:150.230.240.226 ip4:156.70.47.247 ip4:168.245.29.173 ip4:199.15.225.199 ip4:203.22.107.218 ip4:203.22.107.219 ip4:205.139.104.0/22 i" "p4:208.117.49.214/32 ip4:216.235.195.0/24 ip4:3.28.77.232 ip4:34.194.230.233 ip4:34.230.107.215 ip4:34.250.117.27 ip4:34.250.203.24 ip4:35.174.117.211 ip4:37.216.222.128/28 ip4:43.245.42.150 ip4:51.112.32.123 ip4:52.210.155.131 ip4:52.60.116.9 ip4:52.60.1" "57.49 ip4:52.62.198.211 ip4:52.70.104.58 ip4:52.86.177.169 ip4:54.240.0.0/18 ip4:54.240.64.0/18 ip4:69.196.241.0/24 include:oktamail.westernsydney.edu.au include:au._netblocks.mimecast.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.elluciancloud.com i" "nclude:mktomail.com include:spf.v6send.net include:sparkpostmail.com include:5343241.spf10.hubspotemail.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
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

4 observed
referrer-policypresent strict-origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains
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% 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: 2026-09-29T02:40:05.559Z.

jquery 3.6.0 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.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Within the University there are disciplines and specialisations but outside the University there are real challenges that cross over these distinctions. Research at Western Sydney ...

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.

Phone1300668370Source: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleHome | Western Sydney University
First headingAPPLY NOW
DescriptionCharge towards change at Western Sydney University. Study close to home, gain hands-on experience and graduate confident, future-ready and ready to go places.
Canonical URLhttps://www.westernsydney.edu.au
Final URLhttps://www.westernsydney.edu.au/
HTTP response200 · text/html;charset=utf-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen-AU
Structured typesCollegeOrUniversity · WebPage · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.westernsydney.edu.au/research/research-services-businessAbout page detectedhttps://www.westernsydney.edu.au/about/research-institutes
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en-AU100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
31100% evidence confidence
5100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
5100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% 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

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.westernsydney.edu.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
bright-shield-path-426

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 westernsydney.edu.au
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 westernsydney.edu.au

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Is westernsydney.edu.au safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 66/100 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 westernsydney.edu.au?

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 westernsydney.edu.au registered?

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

Did westernsydney.edu.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 westernsydney.edu.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.