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daum.net

Category: News & Media

Scanned: May 13, 2026, 08:50 PM UTC · First seen: May 13, 2026 · Threat Engines: 2 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
77 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of daum.net Captured May 13, 2026
https://daum.net
Screenshot of daum.net
30 years
Extremely Popular - #939 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Flagged by 2 of 92 engines
✓ Valid (TLS)
KAKAO
Seongnam-si, South Korea
Unknown
Unknown
121.53.105.193
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR
Registered March 5, 1996
Expires March 6, 2027
Name Servers NS2.DAUM.NET
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting KAKAO
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
2
2 of 92 engines flagged this website Flagged by 2 security vendors at the time of scanning
Not flagged Flagged
Flagged by 2 of 92 engines
Direct Threat Database Sources
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File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
8 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
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Medium Risk
2
High Risk
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No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
daum.net 648.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
t1.daumcdn.net/kas/static/na.min.js 162.7 KB Flagged: medium risk
t1.daumcdn.net/kas/static/ba.min.js 235.7 KB No threats
pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1682288257759598 190.6 KB No threats
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js 116.6 KB No threats
t1.daumcdn.net/tiara/js/v1/tiara-1.2.0.min.js 21.8 KB No threats
t1.daumcdn.net/daumtop_deco/scripts/lib/lottie-player-2.0.2.js 358.4 KB No threats
t1.daumcdn.net/top/tiller-pc/lib/1667278587486/polyfill.min.js 18.6 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
22
External Links
4 Flagged
2
Iframes
Flagged
15
Referenced Domains
3 Flagged
7
Flagged Resources
Detected

Detailed link, domain and iframe URLs from this site are not shown here - some of the strings contain content that isn't appropriate for general-audience display. The counts above reflect the full scan.

daum.net Overview

Description of daum.net

daum.net appears to be the main portal site for Daum, a long-established South Korean web platform that combines search, news, email, maps, finance, sports, weather, community services, and other consumer internet features on a single homepage.

Based on the page title, metadata, and screenshot, the site functions as a general web portal and content hub rather than a single-purpose website. It appears to be operated within the Kakao ecosystem, which is also reflected in the referenced daumcdn.net and kakaocdn.net infrastructure and the visible Kakao account login option on the homepage.

Safety Assessment for daum.net

Scan results show mixed but limited concern signals at the time of this scan. Two out of 92 security engines flagged the domain, while multiple blacklist and threat-database checks were clean. The domain is also very old, highly trafficked, and presents as a mainstream portal site rather than a newly created or thin-content page, which generally lowers the likelihood of opportunistic abuse.

The malware scan reported several "suspicious" findings, but these appear to be generic heuristic matches involving site scripts and referenced resources rather than clearly identified malware families. In this case, the flagged items include JavaScript and CDN-hosted assets commonly associated with portal functionality, analytics, or advertising components. Generic heuristic detections without broader blacklist support or wider multi-engine consensus may indicate false positives or low-confidence pattern matches.

Taking the full context into account, including the domain's long history, strong popularity ranking, clean blacklist status, and limited detection count, the overall risk appears relatively low. Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan, though the small number of engine flags suggests continued monitoring may still be appropriate.

Technical Description

The domain uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a major certificate authority, with expiry listed in 2026. It resolves to an IP in South Korea and appears to be hosted on infrastructure associated with Kakao. The site also makes use of multiple first-party and affiliated CDN domains such as daumcdn.net and kakaocdn.net, which is consistent with a large consumer web portal serving dynamic content, media, and scripts.

WHOIS data indicates the domain was created in 1996 and remains actively registered through 2027, which is a strong longevity signal. DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses do not benefit from that additional integrity layer. The scan did not provide a confirmed web server banner or protocol details, and no major infrastructure-level security issue was evident from the supplied data.

HTTP Redirect Chain
307 https://daum.net/
200 https://www.daum.net/
Website Insights
#939
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 6 May 12
13 cookies detected
Essential13
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
13 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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