Website reputation report

yahoo.com

Last checked 5 days ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

yahoo.com is currently classified in the News & Media category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found.

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

75/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure95 Website Security94 Security Hygiene70 Transparency57 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 yahoo.com

Updated Sep 26, 2026

The latest scan examined 3 public pages on yahoo.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: From Madonna's highly anticipated return to the VMAs stage to the celebration of Swift's accomplishments as a director, here's everything to know ahead of…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Jan 18, 1995. Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc..

Recorded expiry date: Jan 19, 2027. 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 Oct 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: 75/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Latest recorded material change: The captured website appearance changed.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on yahoo.com

3 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.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on yahoo.com

1 phrases

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

hereTitle, 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

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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%
94/100

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%
84/100

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 domainyahoo.com
RegistrarMarkMonitor Inc.
RegisteredJan 18, 1995
Domain age31 years
ExpiresJan 19, 2027
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client transfer prohibited · client update prohibited · server delete prohibited · server transfer prohibited · server update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address2001:4998:124:1507::f000
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.yahoo.com/
Endpoint2001:4998:124:1507::f000
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface36 records · 5 nameservers · 3 mail exchangers
Protection signals4 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 size1,070,699 bytes
HTTP check duration2,000 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=DigiCert Inc, commonName=DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1
Valid fromJul 27, 2026
Valid untilOct 21, 2026
Certificate names*.amp.yimg.com · *.att.yahoo.com · *.media.yahoo.com · *.www.yahoo.com · *.yahoo.com · add.my.yahoo.com · brb.yahoo.net · ca.my.yahoo.com · ca.rogers.yahoo.com · ddl.fp.yahoo.com · fr-ca.rogers.yahoo.com · hk.rd.yahoo.com · mbp.yimg.com · s.yimg.com · tw.rd.yahoo.com · yahoo.com

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.

A74.6.143.25TTL —
A74.6.143.26TTL —
A74.6.231.20TTL —
A74.6.231.21TTL —
A98.137.11.163TTL —
A98.137.11.164TTL —
AAAA2001:4998:124:1507::f000TTL —
AAAA2001:4998:124:1507::f001TTL —
AAAA2001:4998:24:120d::1:0TTL —
AAAA2001:4998:24:120d::1:1TTL —
AAAA2001:4998:44:3507::8000TTL —
AAAA2001:4998:44:3507::8001TTL —
NSns1.yahoo.comTTL —
NSns2.yahoo.comTTL —
NSns3.yahoo.comTTL —
NSns4.yahoo.comTTL —
NSns5.yahoo.comTTL —
MX1 mta5.am0.yahoodns.netTTL —
MX1 mta6.am0.yahoodns.netTTL —
MX1 mta7.am0.yahoodns.netTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=3rQPnwMFlx5UmUzSMV-JeDoNEMeG8BYFKvKDsHEzr9TTL —
CAA0 iodef "mailto:security@yahooinc.com"TTL —
CAA0 issue "digicert.com"TTL —
CAA0 issue "globalsign.com"TTL —
CAA0 issue "sectigo.com"TTL —
TXTedb3bff2c0d64622a9b2250438277a59TTL —
TXTfacebook-domain-verification=gysqrcd69g0ej34f4jfn0huivkym1pTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=2b0Glh8l2icXIAgAcjOcFx16Jt26yWDgEyrk5hPD-ZYTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=2b8irRvU5a2h4Mb-H_fdqNrqWjS00qmPfPcWqm8BhxITTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=GLp01gkFNopm_JItbLxml4iuVbTgJa3rKu0-eq1RvsETTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=GU8WAl0zPqaxdcZqDjuN7pqdfPCpR9Amz9rwxMG91qwTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=w4N2bNopAWw1xYrdXKORILxx-WW3_LIiyX6dIMIidgkTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=xoBvU6aKxP0gYgNL0iXqF0EccAg6nFrO7XxsHnc3iNQTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=Z3-Vh6zqUMgybVH4wQl1GxKSKN7JE13kyCyeZ3TZZ-ITTL —
TXTv=spf1 redirect=_spf.mail.yahoo.comTTL —
TXTZoom=13284637TTL —

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
content-security-policypresent frame-ancestors 'self' https://*.builtbygirls.com https://*.rivals.com https://*.engadget.com https://*.intheknow.com https://*.autoblog.com https://*.yahoo.com https://*.aol.com https://*.huffingtonpost.com https://*.oath.com https://*.search.yahoo.com https://*.pnr.ouryahoo.com https://pnr.ouryahoo.com https://*.search.aol.com https://*.search.huffpost.com https://*.onesearch.com https://*.verizonmedia.com https://*.publishing.oath.com https://cdn.taboola.com https://ads.taboola.com chrome-extension://jdanfkhnfpagoijgfmklhgakdicpnfil; sandbox allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation; report-uri https://csp.yahoo.com/beacon/csp?src=ats&site=news&region=US&lang=en-US&device=desktop&yrid=6o9nr8tivmg0j&partner=;
referrer-policypresent no-referrer-when-downgrade
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff

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

Next.js 96%

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.

Recommended maintenance checks

Next.jsKeep Next.js and its runtime dependencies current, especially when server-side rendering is enabled.

About this website

What the site says about itself

From Madonna's highly anticipated return to the VMAs stage to the celebration of Swift's accomplishments as a director, here's everything to know ahead of the 2026 MTV VMAs.

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 titleYahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos
First headingUnavailable
DescriptionLatest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!
Canonical URLhttps://www.yahoo.com/
Final URLhttps://www.yahoo.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · 2000 ms
Languageen-US
Structured typesNewsMediaOrganization · WebSite

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.yahoo.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.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

Safety ScoreNo comparable score
HTTP statusUnavailable → 200
Final URL changedYes
Technologies addednextjs
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
deep-vector-web-834

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

The captured website appearance changed.

screenshot changed

Website icon for yahoo.com

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of yahoo.com
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 yahoo.com

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Is yahoo.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 75/100 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 yahoo.com?

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

When was yahoo.com registered?

The public registry record shows Jan 18, 1995. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did yahoo.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 yahoo.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.