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cbsnews.com

Category: News

Scanned: May 7, 2026, 07:32 PM UTC · First seen: May 7, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
89 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of cbsnews.com Captured May 7, 2026
https://cbsnews.com
Screenshot of cbsnews.com
31 years
Extremely Popular - #635 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (92 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Fastly, Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Unknown
Unknown
151.101.1.188
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered October 4, 1994
Expires October 3, 2026
Name Servers dns1.p09.nsone.net
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Fastly, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
35 files scanned
No threats
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www.cbsnews.com/# 862.5 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/face-the-nation/# 814.0 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/detroit/# 787.2 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/# 810.2 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/entertainment/# 755.3 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/executive-team/# 766.6 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/brandstudio/# 577.4 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/cbs-reports/# 767.6 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/evening-news/# 758.1 KB Flagged: high risk
www.cbsnews.com/cbs-news-mornings/# 725.6 KB Flagged: high risk
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www.cbsnews.com.http-redirect 82 B No threats
cdn.privacy.paramount.com/dist/optanon-v2.0.0.js 36.6 KB No threats
www.cbsnews.com/app/?ftag=CNM-16-10abd6g 6.5 KB No threats
www.cbsnews.com/app/# 6.5 KB No threats
apv-launcher.minute-ly.com/api/launcher/MIN-903100.js 634.4 KB No threats
www.cbsnews.com/door/geo-placeholder/?partial=json 38.1 KB No threats
disco.headliner.link/d/cbsnews/web/js/widget.js 145.8 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
2022
External Links
All Clean
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Iframes
Clean
62
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://cbsnews.com/48-hours/Not flagged
http://cbsnews.com/48-hours/full-episodes/Not flagged
http://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/Not flagged
http://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/full-episodes/Not flagged
http://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/Not flagged
http://cbsnews.com/app/Not flagged
http://cbsnews.com/app/?ftag%3DCNM-16-10abd6gNot flagged
http://cbsnews.com/assets/show/48-hours/logo-wide-transparent-500.svgNot flagged
http://cbsnews.com/assets/show/60-minutes/logo-wide-transparent-500.svgNot flagged
http://cbsnews.com/assets/show/atlanta/logo-wide-transparent-500.svgNot flagged
http://cbsnews.com/assets/show/baltimore/logo-wide-transparent-500.svgNot flagged
http://cbsnews.com/assets/show/boston/logo-wide-transparent-500.svgNot flagged
http://cbsnews.com/assets/show/brandstudio/logo-wide-transparent-500.svgNot flagged
http://cbsnews.com/assets/show/cbs-investigates/logo-wide-transparent-500.svgNot flagged
http://cbsnews.com/assets/show/cbs-mornings-saturday/logo-wide-transparent-500.svgNot flagged
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adservice.google.comNot flagged
apex.go.sonobi.comNot flagged
app.cimediacloud.comNot flagged
app.synopanel.comNot flagged
apv-launcher.minute-ly.comNot flagged
assets1.cbsnewsstatic.comNot flagged
assets2.cbsnewsstatic.comNot flagged
assets3.cbsnewsstatic.comNot flagged
c.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
careers.paramount.comNot flagged
cbsi-d.openx.netNot flagged
cbsi.demdex.netNot flagged
cbsn-us.cbsnstream.cbsnews.comNot flagged
cbsnews.comNot flagged
cdn.privacy.paramount.comNot flagged
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cbsnews.com Overview

Description of cbsnews.com

cbsnews.com appears to be the primary website for CBS News, a major U.S. news organization that publishes breaking news, live coverage, investigative reporting, and topic-based sections such as politics, world news, entertainment, crime, and sports. The homepage layout, page title, and metadata indicate a mainstream digital news portal with both national coverage and links to local news programming and branded shows such as 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, and CBS Mornings.

Based on the domain name, long registration history, and visible branding, the site appears to be operated within the CBS News / Paramount media ecosystem. The referenced subdomains and linked corporate resources also align with a large established media network rather than a small standalone publisher.

The site is categorized by multiple web-classification providers as news or news and media, which is consistent with the visible content and structure shown in the scan results.

Safety Assessment for cbsnews.com

The strongest safety signals in this scan are broadly favorable. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 92 security engines reported detections, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources were clean. The domain is also very old, has a high visibility ranking, and presents content consistent with a well-known news publisher, all of which tend to reduce the likelihood of opportunistic abuse.

One scanner did report a malicious threat level and marked multiple internal pages as flagged, but no malware family names were provided, no external links or referenced domains were flagged, and this result was not corroborated by the broader multi-engine scan or blacklist checks. In context, this appears more consistent with a low-confidence or generic heuristic finding than with confirmed malicious activity.

Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan. While isolated heuristic alerts may warrant periodic rechecking, the overall evidence in this case appears consistent with a legitimate mainstream news website.

Technical Description

The domain has been registered since 1994 and uses a reputable corporate registrar, which is consistent with an established organization. TLS was present with a valid certificate at the time of scanning, and the site appears to be delivered through Fastly infrastructure. Nameserver data also shows use of enterprise-grade DNS and secondary DNS services, which is typical for high-traffic media properties.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. No iframe-related concerns were reported, and the external-domain review did not identify flagged linked domains during this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://cbsnews.com
200 https://www.cbsnews.com/
Website Insights
#635
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: News
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 30 May 6
49 cookies detected
Essential49
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
45 1st party cookies
4 3rd party (trackers)
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