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bad.news

Category: Adult Content

Scanned: Oct 12, 2026, 07:03 UTC · First seen: Oct 10, 2026 · Threat Engines: 1 / 92 · Times Scanned: 2
80 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
Low Risk
0 - High Risk50 - Moderate100 - No Threats
Fresh scan recommended
Last scanned 10 days ago - security status may have changed since then.
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Screenshot of bad.news Captured Oct 12, 2026
https://bad.news
Screenshot of bad.news
Sensitive content
8 years 1 month
Popular - #45,057 Tranco rank (>1M monthly visitors)
Flagged by 1 of 92 engines
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Unknown
104.26.13.211
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Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered August 28, 2018
Expires August 28, 2031
Name Servers seth.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
1
1 of 92 engines flagged this website Flagged by 1 security vendor at the time of scanning
Not flagged Flagged
Flagged by 1 of 92 engines
Direct Threat Database Sources
View detailed engine results on VirusTotal
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
100 files scanned
No threats
99
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
High Risk
1
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
bad.news/oauth2 1.2 MB Flagged: high risk
bad.news/page-400 208.3 KB No threats
bad.news/news 195.6 KB No threats
bad.news/page-3 207.0 KB No threats
bad.news/sort-new 208.3 KB No threats
bad.news/page-4 209.7 KB No threats
bad.news/page-2 207.5 KB No threats
bad.news/login 21.5 KB No threats
bad.news/sort-hot 208.2 KB No threats
bad.news/app 3.7 KB No threats
bad.news/av 5.3 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
3813
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
22
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
bad.news/ajax/topic/3053681/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3069218/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3078814/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3082574/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3097320/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3188151/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3193889/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3197945/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3199284/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3202167/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3248858/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3312125/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3349555/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3356746/download Not flagged
bad.news/ajax/topic/3369864/download Not flagged
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accounts.google.com Not flagged
bad.news Not flagged
c.statcounter.com Not flagged
developers.cloudflare.com Not flagged
developers.google.com Not flagged
google.com Not flagged
img.lvv2.com Not flagged
lh3.googleusercontent.com Not flagged
platform.twitter.com Not flagged
script-center.bad.news Not flagged
statcounter.com Not flagged
support.claude.com Not flagged
support.google.com Not flagged
t.me Not flagged
twitter.com Not flagged
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bad.news Overview

Description of bad.news

bad.news appears to be a user-driven media and discussion platform centered on short videos, image posts, and trending topics. Based on the homepage layout, navigation labels, and embedded social sign-in options, the site seems to function like a forum or content-sharing community where users can browse, post, and discuss media content.

The visible homepage content suggests a strong emphasis on adult-themed and sexually suggestive material, with video thumbnails and post titles indicating explicit or near-explicit subject matter. The site appears to be independently operated rather than an official news publisher despite the domain name, and it uses common third-party web services for analytics, authentication, and content delivery.

Safety Assessment for bad.news

Scan results were mixed at the time of this scan. One out of 92 security engines flagged the domain, while the large majority did not report a detection. A malware scan also marked one path on the site (/oauth2) as malicious, but no specific malware family name was provided, and external links and referenced domains checked during the scan were not flagged. In addition, major threat-database and blacklist checks shown in the scan data did not report the domain as listed.

Several contextual factors modestly support legitimacy: the domain has been registered for about eight years, it has a measurable traffic ranking, and it is using mainstream infrastructure and a valid HTTPS certificate. At the same time, the presence of a single engine detection and one scanner flag on a site path means the results are not entirely clean and may warrant caution, especially given the adult-oriented content and user-generated nature of the platform.

Based on available data, no broad consensus of malicious activity was detected at the time of this scan, but isolated scanner findings suggest some potential risk indicators that should not be ignored.

Technical Description

The site is served over HTTPS with a valid TLS certificate issued by Google Trust Services, expiring in November 2026. It is fronted by Cloudflare and resolves to a Cloudflare IP address in Toronto, Canada, which suggests use of a content-delivery and reverse-proxy layer. The domain has been registered since 2018 through GoDaddy and uses Cloudflare nameservers.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No blacklist-database hits were reported in the provided checks, and the server-side setup appears broadly standard from the available scan data.

HTTP Redirect Chain
No redirects detected - direct connection to destination
Website Insights
#45,057
Tranco Rank
Popular
Visitors >1M/mo
Category: Adult Content
Rank History (30 days)
Aug 31 Oct 11
1 cookie detected
Essential1
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
1 1st party cookie
0 3rd party (trackers)
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