Website reputation report

ysu.edu

Last checked 17 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

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Youngstown State University, a comprehensive, public, not-for-profit institution, is a major driver of the region’s economy and plays an enormous role in the educational, financial, and social well-being of Northeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and beyond. With more than 12,000 students, more than 1,500 employees and over 120,000 alumni around the world, YSU embraces the important role it plays in enhancing the futures of our students by empowering them to discover, disseminate, and apply their knowledge.

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

68/100Safety 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 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene70 Transparency68 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
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 ysu.edu

Updated Oct 2, 2026

The latest scan examined 9 public pages on ysu.edu. 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: Youngstown State University, a comprehensive, public, not-for-profit institution, is a major driver of the region’s economy and plays an enormous role in the educational,…

  • About YSU | YSUYoungstown State University, a comprehensive, public, not-for-profit institution, is a major driver of the region’s economy and plays…
  • All About Dining on Campus | YSUDiscover a Fresh Approach to Campus Dining with AVI Fresh!AVI Fresh continues to elevate the campus dining experience…
  • IT Service Desk | YSUsection.profile { text-align: center. }

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.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Nov 22, 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: 68/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of ysu.edu

No approved visitor reviews yet. Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on ysu.edu

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.

Youngstown State University | Home PageYoungstown State University is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. About YSU | YSUYoungstown State University, a comprehensive, public, not-for-profit institution, is a major driver of the region’s economy and plays an enormous role in the educational, financial All About Dining on Campus | YSUDiscover a Fresh Approach to Campus Dining with AVI Fresh!AVI Fresh continues to elevate the campus dining experience with a focus on quality, nutrition, and variety. For the fall IT Service Desk | YSUsection.profile { text-align: center; } Department Website Update Request Form | YSUPlease allow 2-3 business days for the request to be completed.Welcome to the YSU Website! This web help request form is now available. If you need something changed on ysu.edu, ac Accessibility Services | YSUInformation for YSU students who are registered with Accessibility Services Student Counseling Services | YSUThe mission of YSU Student Counseling Services (SCS) is to provide a safe and supportive environment for students to learn and use skills to successfully manage their emotions and Parking Services | YSUWelcome! Our staff is dedicated to providing a safe and friendly, customer-oriented environment for the campus community. We are responsible for the maintenance of the lots and dec First Year Student Services | YSUThe Office of First Year Student Services provides guidance and support for first-year students through a successful transition to the Youngstown State University community.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on ysu.edu

4 phrases

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

youngstown state universityTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
studentTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
campusTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
studentsMeta 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.

!

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%
92/100

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%
68/100

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%
96/100

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 · 29 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 scripts30
Inline scripts8
Embedded frames2
External script hosts6

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 domainysu.edu
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address23.185.0.3
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://ysu.edu/
Endpoint23.185.0.3
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface34 records · 3 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 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 size66,586 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources30 · 6 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks2 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromAug 24, 2026
Valid untilNov 22, 2026
Certificate nameswww.ysu.edu · ysu.edu

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.

A23.185.0.3TTL —
NSns1.ysu.eduTTL —
NSns2.ysu.eduTTL —
NSns3.ysu.eduTTL —
MX0 ysu-edu.mail.protection.outlook.comTTL —
TXT00DfJ0000077J47=1TBPe00000000MbTTL —
TXT2hfekh5crmv08eurgciq2490qgTTL —
TXT3n9d31a0rus7eo9ar1fjmmjgts.TTL —
TXT5u1paup410sok6tu8m00edkgsuTTL —
TXT6611epd53nj17sprl0a3amjslbTTL —
TXTadobe-idp-site-verification=4876d3cc-7c01-450c-8513-c500cc9cdceaTTL —
TXTai3eqdqt5klffnjosvf8krq6clTTL —
TXTamazonses:LVsGx81712NSIw1Fc3vjPNzqI6HKDi5Pon6BGxIL6p4=TTL —
TXTanthropic-domain-verification-m5zee1=egNguJJ7yFBEHqnPMqIBHK2LaTTL —
TXTapple-domain-verification=7xmZBeMSOmGtLEMyTTL —
TXTbrevo-code:9a842118a345c615b6c4653c936bf528TTL —
TXTcanva-site-verification=dUh2w-Lmipm74vXslUAFrATTL —
TXTciscocidomainverification=1cc06468140b070d66940db441c81bf5cb94f9d9b4ca2f871d52c6da95fb61adTTL —
TXTe2ma-verification=w5mcbTTL —
TXTfacebook-domain-verification=5rdnc6lo2ukywq5ht4pler40id3um1TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=3GDtZvYEraWeIaUEXMf84D2CB80W_nPUsda1FdoAvMATTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=nzYcQvlA5UcHD0zbFkgcgvHWxPuQgTFT-fk6ixYiiqYTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=P5qy9Zf0TebAYqxKy5dT9-58sRYlmC1GwTgO7XTjNGUTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=zLlgcuP6MGVhk5I863ZU_hpmHbKXNCDLfk0az2JE7y8TTL —
TXThave-i-been-pwned-verification=8838dfba717758056b0aa24bbea08279TTL —
TXTiuml4q0f53dr7eeim77md54auaTTL —
TXTjamf-site-verification=k2YOg3hVisBDESRG49FMKgTTL —
TXTkl1te54o4r2aj6vbv0jcne82gjTTL —
TXTMS=ms42951669TTL —
TXTMS=ms88099768TTL —
TXTo707iiiusg8horaabkuu4cdnalTTL —
TXTr7tl5egr292sbdv7ta2t01j18nTTL —
TXTt161dq6grhm7pchlp0h9882q88.TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email ~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.

SPFDNS lookup unavailable
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

3 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31622400
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% Google Analytics 94% Google Tag Manager 96% Nginx 93% 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

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

NginxReview the Nginx branch and keep security patches current. Avoid exposing detailed server version headers.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Youngstown State University, a comprehensive, public, not-for-profit institution, is a major driver of the region’s economy and plays an enormous role in the educational, financial, and social well-being of Northeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and beyond. With more than 12,000 students, more than 1,500 employees and over 120,000 alumni around the world, YSU embraces the important role it plays in enhancing the futures of our students by empowering them to discover, disseminate, and apply their knowledge.

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.

Emailrwalker@avifoodsystems.comSource: https://ysu.edu/student-affairs/all-about-dining-campus
Phone3309411595Source: https://ysu.edu/it-service-desk
Emailservicedesk@ysu.eduSource: https://ysu.edu/it-service-desk
Phone8777789283Source: https://ysu.edu/it-service-desk
Phone3302300722Source: https://ysu.edu/it-service-desk

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleYoungstown State University | Home Page
First headingExplore our Degrees
DescriptionYoungstown State University is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio.
Canonical URLhttps://ysu.edu/
Final URLhttps://ysu.edu/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://ysu.edu/newsAbout page detectedhttps://ysu.edu/about-ysuSupport page detectedhttps://ysu.edu/it-service-desk
1100% evidence confidence
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
1100% evidence confidence
3100% evidence confidence
34100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts include subdomains100% evidence confidence
31622400100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

0 recorded hops

No redirect hop was recorded for the sampled homepage.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

A comparison will appear after the next completed scan.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
bright-radar-path-576

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 ysu.edu

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of ysu.edu
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 ysu.edu

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Is ysu.edu safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 68/100 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 ysu.edu?

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

When was ysu.edu registered?

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

Did ysu.edu 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 ysu.edu 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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