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wired.com

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

73/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
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● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

No one wants to talk about women in tech. So we will.

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

73/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure95 Website Security95 Security Hygiene55 Transparency58 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

  • HTTP response changed
  • Final website URL changed
  • Observed technologies changed
What this scan could verify · 6 observed, 0 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup observed
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 wired.com

Updated Sep 26, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on wired.com. 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: No one wants to talk about women in tech. So we will.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Nov 20, 1992. Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc..

Recorded expiry date: Nov 19, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Nov 21, 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: 73/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of wired.com

No approved reviews yet ☆☆☆☆☆

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 wired.com

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.

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeWe bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered. Welcome to the WIRED Women Issue | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktokNo one wants to talk about women in tech. So we will. The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchCommentLoaderSave StoryCommentLoadPaolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology. The Truth About Kids These Days | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktokThe youngs are facing problems that didn’t exist half a generation ago. As a result, they’re … Frequently Asked Questions | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktokFrequently Asked Questions Gear News and Events | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktokLatest news on products from Apple, Samsung, Google, and Microsoft, plus coverage from CES, WWDC, and more. Contact Us | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktokContact Us WIRED Masthead | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktokWIRED Masthead WIRED’s ‘On Background’ Policy | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktokWIRED’s ‘On Background’ Policy RSS Feeds | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktokRSS Feeds

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on wired.com

2 phrases

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

latestTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
technologyTitle, 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%
95/100

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%
55/100

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%
58/100

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

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v1

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.

Partial analysis. Only the first 512 KiB of the page were inspected.

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 domainwired.com
RegistrarCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
RegisteredNov 20, 1992
Domain age33 years
ExpiresNov 19, 2027
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited · server delete prohibited · server transfer prohibited · server update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address166.117.251.134
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.wired.com/
Endpoint166.117.251.134
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface41 records · 4 nameservers · 5 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 security headers · 1 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 size1,531,484 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resourcesUnavailable · Unavailable external hosts
Frames and sampled checksUnavailable frames · Unavailable resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Amazon, commonName=Amazon RSA 2048 M04
Valid fromOct 23, 2025
Valid untilNov 21, 2026
Certificate names*.worldofinteriors.com · *.worldofinteriors.uk · admexico.com.mx · admiddleeast.com · allure.com · architecturaldigest.com · architecturaldigest.com.mx · arstechnica.co.uk · arstechnica.uk · bonappetit.com · calicoclub.co.uk · cnidigital.in · cntraveiier.com · cntraveler.com · cntraveller.com · cntraveller.in · cntraveller.uk · cntravellerme.com · cntravelller.com · cnworld.es · condenast.co.uk · condenast.com.mx · condenast.com.tw · condenast.de · condenast.es · condenast.fr · condenast.in · condenast.it · condenast.jp · condenast.mx · condenastcollege.ac.uk · condenastcollege.com · condenastcollege.es · condenastdigital.com · condenastdigital.de · condenastjohansens.com · condenastjohansensguides.com · condenastmexico-latam.com · glamour.com · glamour.com.mx · glamour.de · glamourmagazine.co.uk · glmr.uk · gq-magazine.co.uk · gq.co.uk · gq.com · gq.de · gq.uk · gqeditorsclub.co.uk · gqeditorsclub.com · gqheroes.co.uk · gqheroes.com · houseandgarden.co.uk · houseandgarden.com · menoftheyear.de · newyorker.com · ouse.co · pitchfork.com · pitchforkmusicfestival.com · revistaad.es · self.com · tatler.co.uk · tatler.com · tatler.uk · teenvogue.com · theexchangehsbc.com · thelovemagazine.co.uk · them.us · traveller.uk · vanityfair.co.uk · vanityfair.com · vanityfairart.co.uk · vanityfairart.com · vogue.co.jp · vogue.co.uk · vogue.com · vogue.com.mx · vogue.de · vogue.es · vogue.fr · vogue.it · vogue.mx · vogue.uk · vogueforcesoffashion.com · voguesummerschool.com · wired.co.uk · wired.com · wired.it · wired.uk · worldofinteriors.co.uk · worldofinteriors.com · worldofinteriors.uk

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.

A166.117.251.134TTL —
A52.223.6.210TTL —
AAAA2600:9000:a41b:ef95:eff:32b3:411c:f36cTTL —
AAAA2600:9000:a707:a46c:560f:b721:9702:d75eTTL —
NSns-1116.awsdns-11.orgTTL —
NSns-1935.awsdns-49.co.ukTTL —
NSns-28.awsdns-03.comTTL —
NSns-836.awsdns-40.netTTL —
MX1 aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=5gwbTrtjX4CPebqVSR8L6SpOvnf_3_6K7X0z_Izh9qTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=GXpUUS49HB9rYWZEmxJFtZdS61weLMlf91w9Dn-5O0TTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=ln6G6qMbrMeJLZSOGjjxis2fcs9NHicunfT-JK_mCZTTL —
TXT3c5bnsm2366rtqny77w8cq9wvy49r0w9TTL —
TXT907D-6CE2-7BD0-FF0C-7E83-E21D-AD2B-DD27TTL —
TXTadobe-idp-site-verification=c2108b9dbc0fc05ff0794006df1c41b6c945bd2c8a904bef754ec850a7c6873fTTL —
TXTairalo-domain-verification=8o95GSpImu3dWoeTTL —
TXTanthropic-domain-verification-qjhty4=rH0iOGSnUm12xzxooo18gnz9GTTL —
TXTatlassian-domain-verification=mYtQWl3namqmk5ikMKT48XVnS+XdjdbkLlkWMcNyvsddK2JDAib+9a8MJCXTDMyJTTL —
TXTdocusign=093f2a18-6882-43f7-a9ae-b2594de9d47fTTL —
TXTfacebook-domain-verification=75aqj8blnqc3dj5cy9b5d9mialys78TTL —
TXTfastly-domain-delegation-duxxxum9cshse9phbfst-554686-2022-12-12TTL —
TXTfastly-domain-delegation-grdt7uboiyaqqtgjenzi-789661-2024-07-19TTL —
TXTfigma-domain-verification=2edc90f8e8740d757633998df93b92af5494d0ad60e746b5a5a252e8b62d7361-1786438367TTL —
TXTglobalsign-domain-verification=Wq9iztGUzQcBBi1OLrEOlXtefwOzX7yfvhbsw-CVdoTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=39CB9sd7tH1nrsJcVjjUzO9sVoKZ-2MBshlRhqFX13kTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=8dMUQRGxbDNDoEIZXU-E4-GmKLNvgkFwwAmqY0qUroUTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=h3oXJvoyRaANoWJ-cjd8H3Zv49YViS96em2ZhNfeGPoTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=Njx9q6Atd2al1mD6wtXu2u83s0Sz6WZQa_r0jmg261kTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=tA0Sx_MrXe58GUfjaTg-EgrfF7wv1WdDVKKq7dyNuwcTTL —
TXTloaderio=b8d2a4d94bf4574bd8c95427c0fcbee6TTL —
TXTMS=ms32964175TTL —
TXTMS=ms43391860TTL —
TXTopenai-domain-verification=dv-LCvTXCMns2J5grLiXF1uTD2TTTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:_u.wired.com._spf.smart.ondmarc.com ~allTTL —
TXTyahoo-verification-key=HFoI8YeAFA0EIy9UkTckoOvVblp1gSUBZM9B8KKeYNs=TTL —
TXTzapier-domain-verification-challenge=97705597-a31c-4c6d-aa76-7e01d2b3fe13TTL —
TXTZOOM_verify_PeuZagN7TzybBaD-uxsGAwTTL —

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

3 observed
content-security-policypresent frame-ancestors 'none'
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent DENY

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

Cloudflare 98%

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 was not recorded for this scan.

About this website

What the site says about itself

No one wants to talk about women in tech. So we will.

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 titleWIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business | WIREDMenuWIREDMenuWIREDAccountAccountChevronExpandSearchHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphoneHeadphonePlayPlayPlayPlayPlayPlayPlayPlayPlayPlayLargeChevronFacebookXPinterestYouTubeInstagramTiktok
First headingWIRED
DescriptionWe bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered.
Canonical URLhttps://www.wired.com/
Final URLhttps://www.wired.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen-US
Structured typesItemList · ListItem · Organization · WebSite

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.wired.com/

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

Safety ScoreNo comparable score
HTTP statusUnavailable → 200
Final URL changedYes
Technologies addedcloudflare
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
quiet-harbor-wave-751

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.

Website icon for wired.com

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of wired.com
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 wired.com

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Is wired.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 73/100 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 wired.com?

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

When was wired.com registered?

The public registry record shows Nov 20, 1992. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did wired.com 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 wired.com 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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