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heise.de

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Jun 15, 2026, 01:06 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 15, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of heise.de Captured Jun 15, 2026
https://heise.de
Screenshot of heise.de
29 years
Very Popular - #2,729 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co.
Hanover, Germany
nginx
Interred
193.99.144.80
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered December 22, 1996
Expires Unknown
Name Servers ns2.pop-hannover.net
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
6 files scanned
No threats
6
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.heise.de.http-redirect 76 B No threats
www.heise.de/datenschutzerklaerung-der-heise-medien-gmbh-co-kg-4860.html 230.0 KB No threats
www.heise.de/Datenschutzerklaerung-der-Heise-Medien-GmbH-Co-KG-4860.html#datenschutz-newsletter 230.0 KB No threats
www.heise.de/ct 379.2 KB No threats
www.heise.de/favicon.ico 4.2 KB No threats
www.heise.de/developer 332.6 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
407
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
167
Referenced Domains
3 Flagged
3
Flagged Resources
Detected
clk.tradedoubler.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
deu.windscribe.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
go.nordvpn.netFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://heise.de/${image}Not flagged
http://heise.de/${url}Not flagged
http://heise.de/account/cancellationNot flagged
http://heise.de/assets/akwa/v24/css/akwa-pur.css?.ltc.ae0f27bf8b495f2dfae3Not flagged
http://heise.de/assets/akwa/v24/js/akwa-pur.js?.ltc.f3bcc650e6ec1fbe4876Not flagged
http://heise.de/assets/components/images/hauptpartner-heise-hannover-96.pngNot flagged
http://heise.de/assets/content-web/pages/ct/manifest.jsonNot flagged
http://heise.de/assets/fonts/v1/source-sans-variable/ss3vf.woff2Not flagged
http://heise.de/assets/heise/delete-ppid/js/delete-ppid.js?.ltc.c95586535572f21df158Not flagged
http://heise.de/assets/heise/ho-pur/css/ho-pur.css?.ltc.718afc3e955fe205128cNot flagged
http://heise.de/assets/heise/ho-pur/js/ho-pur.js?.ltc.a7fc9af18a71cd556a42Not flagged
http://heise.de/assets/styles/index.css?.ltc.b091764659fde45c2efaNot flagged
http://heise.de/autosNot flagged
http://heise.de/benachrichtigungen/Not flagged
http://heise.de/benachrichtigungen/heise-bot/Not flagged
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clk.tradedoubler.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
deu.windscribe.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
go.nordvpn.netFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
adguard-vpn.comNot flagged
adssettings.google.comNot flagged
ai.pod.inside-agile.deNot flagged
amazon.deNot flagged
aoocci.comNot flagged
api.heise.deNot flagged
api.onlyoffice.comNot flagged
apps.apple.comNot flagged
arena.aiNot flagged
avm.deNot flagged
bestenliste-assets.heise.deNot flagged
beta.telepolis.deNot flagged
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heise.de Overview

Description of heise.de

heise.de appears to be the main website for Heise Online, a long-established German technology and news publisher. Based on the page title, metadata, and screenshot, the site focuses on IT news, security, software, science, media, politics, and related commentary, with additional sections for forums, rankings, and subscription content.

The domain appears to be operated by Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co., with hosting and infrastructure associated with the same organization in Hanover, Germany. Its strong traffic ranking and nearly three-decade domain history are consistent with an established media property rather than a newly created or temporary website.

Safety Assessment for heise.de

The available scan data is broadly reassuring. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, and major threat-database checks shown in the scan were clean. The site also has a long operating history and a strong traffic rank, both of which are commonly associated with established publishers.

A secondary malware scan marked the overall site as clean, but it did note a few referenced third-party domains with generic heuristic labels. Those findings appear to relate to external links rather than confirmed malicious files hosted on heise.de itself, and generic heuristic labels without broader corroboration are lower-confidence signals. No flagged files were reported on the scanned pages, and the listed blacklist checks were clean at the time of this scan.

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

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, with the certificate shown as expiring on 2026-08-03. It is served over nginx from IP address 193.99.144.80 and appears to be hosted by Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. in Hanover, Germany.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. No major infrastructure-level security concerns are evident from the provided scan data beyond that observation.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://heise.de/
200 https://www.heise.de/
Website Insights
#2,729
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
May 4 Jun 14
7 cookies detected
Essential7
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
7 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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