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cern.ch

Category: Education, Reference

Scanned: Jun 15, 2026, 03:48 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 15, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
94 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of cern.ch Captured Jun 15, 2026
https://cern.ch
Screenshot of cern.ch
29 years
Very Popular - #2,760 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
CERN-GPN2
Geneva, Switzerland
openresty/1.27.1.2
WordPress
188.184.77.250
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered November 15, 1996
Expires Unknown
Name Servers ext-dns-1.cern.ch
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting CERN-GPN2
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
41 files scanned
No threats
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High Risk
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home.cern/?s= 392.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/news-experiments 238.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/context.post.image 225.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/contact 238.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/partnerships 224.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/cookies 229.7 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/privacy 223.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/context.post.link 225.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/# 580.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
home.cern/about/# 470.7 KB Flagged: medium risk
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home.cern.http-redirect 71 B No threats
home.cern/feed/# 94.9 KB No threats
home.cern/comments/feed/# 702 B No threats
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External Links & Domains
1343
External Links
1 Flagged
0
Iframes
Clean
104
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
2
Flagged Resources
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3.9.2.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://home.cern/wp-content/plugins/megamenu/js/maxmegamenu.js?ver%3D3.9.2.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://home.cern/wp-content/plugins/megamenu/js/maxmegamenu.js?ver%3D3.9.2.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://arts.web.cern.ch/Not flagged
http://atlas.cern/Not flagged
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2301895/files/Whitepaper_brochure_ONLINE.pdfNot flagged
http://cdsweb.cern.ch/Not flagged
http://cern.ch/aboutNot flagged
http://cern.ch/about/acceleratorsNot flagged
http://cern.ch/about/experiments/aliceNot flagged
http://cern.ch/about/experiments/atlasNot flagged
http://cern.ch/about/experiments/cmsNot flagged
http://cern.ch/about/experiments/lhcbNot flagged
http://cern.ch/about/how-accelerator-worksNot flagged
http://cern.ch/about/member-statesNot flagged
http://cern.ch/contactNot flagged
http://cern.ch/context.post.imageNot flagged
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3.9.2.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
18.3.1.1Not flagged
admin-eguide.web.cern.chNot flagged
alice-collaboration.web.cern.chNot flagged
alice.cernNot flagged
alpha.web.cern.chNot flagged
alumni.cernNot flagged
arts.cernNot flagged
arts.web.cern.chNot flagged
arxiv.orgNot flagged
atlas.cernNot flagged
awake.web.cern.chNot flagged
base.web.cern.chNot flagged
careers.cernNot flagged
cds.cern.chNot flagged
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cern.ch Overview

Description of cern.ch

cern.ch appears to be the official website of CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. The homepage branding, page title, and content shown in the screenshot indicate an institutional science and research website focused on particle physics, accelerators, experiments, and related scientific news. The site appears to provide information about CERN's research programs, facilities, collaborations, and public-facing educational resources.

Based on the domain name, long registration history, and the visible navigation sections such as About, News, and Science, the website appears to serve researchers, students, educators, journalists, and the general public seeking information about CERN's work. Multiple web-classification sources categorize it in educational or reference-oriented categories, which is consistent with the content presented.

Safety Assessment for cern.ch

The available scan data is broadly reassuring. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, and the major threat-database checks provided in the scan results were clean. The domain is also longstanding, with a registration age of roughly 29 years, and the screenshot shows a professional institutional website consistent with a major scientific organization rather than a phishing page, scam storefront, or malware-delivery landing page.

One scanner did report a generic suspicious heuristic across multiple site paths and one JavaScript asset, but the threat name shown is a broad pattern-based label rather than a specific malware family, and it is not corroborated by the multi-engine scan results or the listed threat databases. In this context, that isolated heuristic may reflect a false positive or a non-malicious script pattern rather than confirmed harmful activity.

Based on available data, no 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, expiring on 2026-11-24. It resolves to IP address 188.184.77.250, appears to be hosted on CERN infrastructure in Geneva, Switzerland, and reports an openresty/1.27.1.2 web server. The domain has a strong longevity signal and a high traffic rank, both of which are consistent with an established institutional website.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major technical security concerns are evident from the provided scan data beyond the isolated generic heuristic findings noted by one malware scanner.

HTTP Redirect Chain
302 https://cern.ch/
200 https://home.cern/
Website Insights
#2,760
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education, Reference
Rank History (30 days)
May 4 Jun 14
5 cookies detected
Essential5
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
1 1st party cookie
4 3rd party (trackers)
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