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buff.ly

Category: Information Technology

Scanned: Sep 7, 2026, 07:49 UTC · First seen: Sep 7, 2026 · Threat Engines: 1 / 90 · Times Scanned: 1
84 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of buff.ly Captured Sep 7, 2026
https://buff.ly
Screenshot of buff.ly
14 years
Popular - #25,649 Tranco rank (>1M monthly visitors)
Flagged by 1 of 90 engines
✓ Valid (TLS)
Vercel, Inc
Walnut, United States
cloudflare
Next.js
76.76.21.21
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Libyan Spider Network (int)
Registered April 28, 2012
Expires April 28, 2029
Name Servers ns-766.awsdns-31.net
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Vercel, Inc
Reputation & Threat Check 90 security engines checked
1
1 of 90 engines flagged this website Flagged by 1 security vendor at the time of scanning
Not flagged Flagged
Flagged by 1 of 90 engines
Direct Threat Database Sources
View detailed engine results on VirusTotal
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
4 files scanned
No threats
3
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
1
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
/index Flagged: medium risk
buffer.com.http-redirect 73 B No threats
buffer.com/create 146.1 KB No threats
buffer.com/community?cta=buffersite-globalnav-tools-community-1 145.0 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
235
External Links
All Clean
1
Iframes
Clean
29
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/2620-c5b73e7da39f9660.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/3082-8ef4375642226b58.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/3721-07e90dc7a57c3088.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/5589-51dfddf7da6fd457.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/5735-2a32c2623e092c8b.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/6160-bbf4d7c957296f92.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/7024-c96cd19509f44e81.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/7079-2df6700fdd1d3ece.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/7302-3c59ff53546f5e60.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/7746-a7103cb2e56ee94c.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/7942-6c4f37a3120cab56.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/8503-e0f95e85de776627.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/app/%5Blocale%5D/community/page-548b9f09894a93df.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/app/%5Blocale%5D/create/page-ac219242e67480da.jsNot flagged
http://buff.ly/_next/static/chunks/app/%5Blocale%5D/error-822a661369aeab33.jsNot flagged
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apps.apple.comNot flagged
bsky.appNot flagged
bsky.jazco.devNot flagged
buff.lyNot flagged
buffer-account-avatars-bucket.s3.amazonaws.comNot flagged
buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.comNot flagged
buffer.comNot flagged
cdn-cookieyes.comNot flagged
challenges.cloudflare.comNot flagged
chrome.google.comNot flagged
developers.buffer.comNot flagged
discord.ggNot flagged
embed.typeform.comNot flagged
googletagmanager.comNot flagged
login.buffer.comNot flagged
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<iframe title%3D"Google Tag Manager" src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-58PRD29" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
buff.ly Overview

Description of buff.ly

buff.ly appears to be the short-domain web presence for Buffer, a social media management platform. The page title and on-page content describe a service that helps users plan, publish, and manage content across multiple social networks, with features aimed at creators, brands, and agencies. The domain is categorized by multiple web-classification providers under technology or information technology, which is consistent with the visible product offering.

Based on the screenshot and metadata, the site appears to be operated as part of Buffer's broader service ecosystem, with references to related Buffer properties such as buffer.com, login.buffer.com, publish.buffer.com, developers.buffer.com, and status.buffer.com. The homepage presents a polished software-as-a-service interface focused on social media workflow, integrations, and account signup rather than retail sales or user-generated downloads.

Safety Assessment for buff.ly

The scan results are largely consistent with a legitimate software service at the time of this scan. Only 1 out of 90 security engines flagged the domain, while broader blacklist and threat-database checks did not indicate listings associated with phishing or malware distribution. The domain is also long-established, with an age of about 14 years, and it has a measurable traffic presence, both of which tend to reduce the likelihood of opportunistic abuse when considered alongside the visible site content.

There are, however, a couple of minor caution signals worth noting. A malware scan marked the homepage path as suspicious, but no specific malware family or confirmed payload name was provided, and the external links and referenced domains reviewed in that scan were not flagged. In addition, the single-engine detection appears isolated rather than supported by a broader multi-engine consensus. On its own, that pattern may reflect a low-confidence heuristic or false positive rather than a confirmed threat.

Taking the available evidence together, the site appears consistent with a known technology service and does not show obvious phishing, scam-store, or malware-delivery patterns in the provided screenshot and metadata. Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The domain uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, with expiry shown in October 2026. It appears to be served through Cloudflare infrastructure and hosted via Vercel, with AWS nameservers in use. This combination is common for modern web applications and content delivery setups. DNSSEC is currently unsigned, which is not unusual but does mean DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation.

From a security posture perspective, the main technical concern in the provided data is the isolated heuristic detection on /index and the single security-engine flag. No blacklist hits were reported in the checked threat databases, DNS-based blocklists were clean, and the referenced external resources appear to be mainstream service domains associated with analytics, app distribution, cloud storage, and Buffer's own subdomains.

HTTP Redirect Chain
302 https://buff.ly/
200 https://buffer.com/
Website Insights
#25,649
Tranco Rank
Popular
Visitors >1M/mo
Category: Information Technology
Rank History (30 days)
Jul 27 Sep 6
20 cookies detected
Essential14
Analytics4
Advertising2
Social0
0 1st party cookies
20 3rd party (trackers)
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