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letsencrypt.org

Category: Information Technology, Information, Computer Security

Scanned: Jul 10, 2026, 22:47 UTC · First seen: May 19, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 2
93 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Last scanned 67 days ago - security status may have changed since then.
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Screenshot of letsencrypt.org Captured Jul 10, 2026
https://letsencrypt.org
Screenshot of letsencrypt.org
12 years
Extremely Popular - #958 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS EC2 (eu-central-1)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Netlify
Hugo
35.157.26.135
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Cloudflare, Inc.
Registered July 7, 2014
Expires July 7, 2027
Name Servers owen.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting AWS EC2 (eu-central-1)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
98 files scanned
No threats
68
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
30
High Risk
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letsencrypt.org/feed.xml 643.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/# 87.9 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/zh-cn/# 87.7 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/si/# 93.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/ja/# 89.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/el/# 86.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options 105.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/es/# 87.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/ca/# 86.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
letsencrypt.org/zh-tw/# 87.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
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letsencrypt.org/getting-started 27.7 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/sponsor 20.7 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/images/Prossimo%20Horizontal%20Full%20Color.svg 6.2 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/images/ISRG-Logo-Blue.svg 7.1 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/images/letsencrypt-logo-horizontal.svg 13.1 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/images/le-logo-lockonly.svg 2.4 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/about/# 26.5 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/docs/# 53.5 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/donate/# 61.6 KB No threats
letsencrypt.org/blog/# 223.7 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
2130
External Links
3 Flagged
4
Iframes
Clean
330
Referenced Domains
3 Flagged
6
Flagged Resources
Detected
7.4.1.4Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
railway.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.simple-acme.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://railway.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5246#section-7.4.1.4.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.simple-acme.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://railway.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5246#section-7.4.1.4.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.simple-acme.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://abetterinternet.orgNot flagged
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-javascript-ad-injections-threaten-security-net-neutrality/Not flagged
http://divviup.orgNot flagged
http://divviup.org/Not flagged
http://go.pardot.comNot flagged
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/04/dont-be-fodder-for-chinas-great-cannon/Not flagged
http://letsencrypt.orgNot flagged
http://letsencrypt.org/Not flagged
http://letsencrypt.org/#def-acme-clientNot flagged
http://letsencrypt.org/#def-aiaNot flagged
http://letsencrypt.org/#def-boulderNot flagged
http://letsencrypt.org/#def-brsNot flagged
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Showing first 500 of 2130 entries.
7.4.1.4Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
railway.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.simple-acme.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
abetterinternet.orgNot flagged
about.gitlab.comNot flagged
acme-dns-tiny.adorsaz.chNot flagged
acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.orgNot flagged
acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.orgNot flagged
actonfamilygiving.orgNot flagged
all-inkl.comNot flagged
apiscp.comNot flagged
arstechnica.comNot flagged
auth0.comNot flagged
automattic.comNot flagged
aws.amazon.comNot flagged
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<iframe id%3D"newsletter-iframe" src%3D"https://outreach.abetterinternet.org/l/1011011/2025-01-14/31v6r" title%3D"newsletter" class%3D"w-full border-0 overflow-hidden">Not flagged
<iframe id%3D"newsletter-iframe" src%3D"https://outreach.abetterinternet.org/l/1011011/2025-01-14/31v6r" width%3D"100%" type%3D"text/html" frameborder%3D"0" allowTransparency%3D"true" style%3D"border: 0%3B min-height: 375px%3B">Not flagged
<iframe id%3D"newsletter-iframe-inline" src%3D"https://outreach.abetterinternet.org/l/1011011/2025-01-14/31v6r" title%3D"newsletter" class%3D"w-full border-0 overflow-hidden">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://donorbox.org/embed/support-lets-encrypt?hide_donation_meter%3Dtrue&language%3D" name%3D"donorbox" id%3D"dbox-form-embed" name%3D"donorbox" allowpaymentrequest%3D"allowpaymentrequest" seamless%3D"seamless" frameborder%3D"0" scrolling%3D"no" height%3D"685px" width%3D"100%" class%3D"max-w-[500px] min-w-[250px] max-h-none!">Not flagged
letsencrypt.org Overview

Description of letsencrypt.org

letsencrypt.org appears to be the official website for Let's Encrypt, a nonprofit certificate authority that provides free, automated TLS/SSL certificates for websites and online services. The page metadata and homepage content indicate that the project is operated by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), with a focus on improving web encryption, privacy, and certificate automation for the broader internet ecosystem.

Based on the domain name, visible content, and third-party categorization, the site fits within the information technology and computer security space. The homepage presents documentation, support resources, blog content, and donation options rather than consumer retail or entertainment features, which is consistent with a long-established infrastructure and security project used by website operators and developers.

Safety Assessment for letsencrypt.org

The available scan data is broadly reassuring. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, and the domain was categorized by multiple web-classification providers as a technology or information-security website. In addition, the checked threat and blacklist databases did not report the domain as phishing, malware-hosting, or otherwise blocked.

One malware scan did produce a generic "suspicious" result and flagged a number of internal pages and a few referenced links/domains with generic heuristic labels. However, these detections appear to be low-confidence pattern matches rather than corroborated malware findings, especially because they were not supported by the broader engine consensus and the domain is long-established, highly ranked, and clearly associated with a legitimate nonprofit certificate authority.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan. The isolated heuristic findings may warrant routine caution, but they do not appear to outweigh the stronger clean signals from the wider scan results.

Technical Description

The site is served over a valid SSL/TLS certificate that was active at the time of scanning, with certificate expiry shown as 2026-10-04. The domain is more than 12 years old, uses Cloudflare as registrar, and resolves via Cloudflare nameservers. Hosting appears to be on AWS EC2 infrastructure in Frankfurt, Germany, with the web stack indicating Netlify-backed delivery.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major infrastructure-side security concerns were evident from the provided data, and blacklist checks were clean at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
No redirects detected - direct connection to destination
Website Insights
#958
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Information Technology, Information, Computer Security
Rank History (30 days)
Jun 1 Jul 9
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