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bu.edu

Category: Education

Scanned: Jun 17, 2026, 03:30 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 17, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
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Screenshot of bu.edu Captured Jun 17, 2026
https://bu.edu
Screenshot of bu.edu
40 years
Very Popular - #2,872 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Boston University
Saugus, United States
nginx/1.18.0
WordPress
128.197.236.4
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered March 25, 1986
Expires July 31, 2026
Name Servers EDNS02.BU.EDU
DNSSEC Unknown
Hosting Boston University
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
35 files scanned
No threats
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www.bu.edu/online/# 154.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.bu.edu.http-redirect 72 B No threats
www.bu.edu/admissions 113.5 KB No threats
www.bu.edu/?p=203353 133.6 KB No threats
www.bu.edu/publications 123.8 KB No threats
www.bu.edu/# 400.7 KB No threats
www.bu.edu/xmlrpc.php 67.0 KB No threats
www.bu.edu/about/# 127.4 KB No threats
www.bu.edu/news/# 91.3 KB No threats
www.bu.edu/fitrec/# 149.2 KB No threats
www.bu.edu/research/# 135.5 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
2115
External Links
6 Flagged
17
Iframes
Clean
150
Referenced Domains
2 Flagged
8
Flagged Resources
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2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.vericant.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/js/gravityforms.min.js?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/js/jquery.json.min.js?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/legacy/css/browsers.min.css?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/legacy/css/formreset.min.css?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/legacy/css/formsmain.min.css?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/legacy/css/readyclass.min.css?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/js/gravityforms.min.js?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/js/jquery.json.min.js?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/legacy/css/browsers.min.css?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/legacy/css/formreset.min.css?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/legacy/css/formsmain.min.css?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.bu.edu/online/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/legacy/css/readyclass.min.css?ver%3D2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.jsNot flagged
http://applicant.bu.edu/myBUNot flagged
http://applicant.bu.edu/myBU/s/applicationNot flagged
http://bu.edu/1839SocietyNot flagged
http://bu.edu/about/advantage-club/Not flagged
http://bu.edu/about/contact-us/Not flagged
http://bu.edu/abroad/apply-now/application-updates/Not flagged
http://bu.edu/abroad/explore-programs/find-a-program/Not flagged
http://bu.edu/abroad/files/2025/06/AdobeStock_209940755-768x413.jpegNot flagged
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2.7.7.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.vericant.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNot flagged
aip.bncollege.comNot flagged
ajax.googleapis.comNot flagged
am.ticketmaster.comNot flagged
app.powerbi.comNot flagged
applicant.bu.eduNot flagged
apply.commonapp.orgNot flagged
ar.bu.eduNot flagged
archivesspace.bu.eduNot flagged
askalibrarian.bu.eduNot flagged
bostonu.qualtrics.comNot flagged
bostonuaacf.wixsite.comNot flagged
bostonuniversity.sumtotal.hostNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-5KQT2XWF"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-KFNBPXSK"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-MG75QFFN"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-NBKWCFD"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-PKVGX48"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-WCCVGV5"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-WKNVLBWH"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-WRNV877"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-WZSPTW9W"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://player.vimeo.com/video/457859160?dnt%3D1&amp%3Bapp_id%3D122963" width%3D"500" height%3D"281" frameborder%3D"0">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://www.bu.edu/buniverse/interface/embed/embed.html?v%3D1gsCiU0" frameborder%3D"0" allow%3D"autoplay">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-MGTGFRW"height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe style%3D"border: none%3B width: 100%%3B height: 326px%3B" allowfullscreen%3D"allowfullscreen" allow%3D"fullscreen" src%3D"//e.issuu.com/embed.html?d%3Dadm_fy16_transferbroch_final&amp%3Bu%3Dbuadmissions">Not flagged
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bu.edu Overview

Description of bu.edu

bu.edu appears to be the primary web domain for Boston University, a long-established private research university based in Boston, Massachusetts. The homepage title and metadata identify it as the institution’s main public website, and the visible navigation points to admissions, academics, research, giving, and student-related resources. The domain also links to applicant portals, study abroad pages, alumni resources, and other university services, which is consistent with a large higher-education institution.

Safety Assessment for bu.edu

Based on the available scan data, this domain appears to present a low level of web-security risk at the time of this scan. No security engines detected malware or phishing activity on the domain, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources did not report listings related to malicious website content. The domain is also very old, widely established, and associated with a major university, which generally reduces the likelihood of opportunistic abuse on the primary site.

One malware scanner did report a generic "suspicious" result tied to a small number of resources and references, including files under a university subpath and a referenced external domain. However, the detections shown are generic heuristic labels rather than a named malware family, and they are not corroborated by the broader multi-engine scan results or by the blacklist checks. In this context, those findings may reflect low-confidence pattern matching rather than confirmed malicious behavior.

Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site is served over HTTPS with a valid TLS certificate issued by Sectigo Limited, with the certificate shown as valid until 2027-02-17. The web server appears to be nginx/1.18.0, hosted on infrastructure attributed to Boston University in the United States. The domain uses university-controlled nameservers, which is consistent with institution-managed infrastructure rather than a generic parking or resale setup.

DNSSEC status was not available in the provided data, so that control could not be confirmed from this scan alone. No major infrastructure-level security concerns were evident in the supplied results, although the presence of older software version strings and a heuristic scanner alert on some web assets suggests routine patching and plugin review would remain prudent, as with any large content-rich institutional website.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://bu.edu/
200 https://www.bu.edu/
Website Insights
#2,872
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education
Rank History (30 days)
May 11 Jun 16
7 cookies detected
Essential2
Analytics5
Advertising0
Social0
7 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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