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nbcnews.com

Category: News

Scanned: May 3, 2026, 05:39 PM UTC · First seen: May 3, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of nbcnews.com Captured May 3, 2026
https://nbcnews.com
Screenshot of nbcnews.com
28 years
Extremely Popular - #513 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS EC2 (us-east-1)
Ashburn, United States
nginx
Next.js
44.219.25.60
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered June 26, 1997
Expires June 25, 2027
Name Servers nsa1.nbcnews.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting AWS EC2 (us-east-1)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
2 files scanned
No threats
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www.nbcnews.com 369 B No threats
www.nbcnews.com.http-redirect 81 B No threats
External Links & Domains
0
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
0
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
nbcnews.com Overview

Description of nbcnews.com

nbcnews.com appears to be the official website for NBC News, a major U.S. news organization that publishes breaking news, live coverage, video reports, and analysis across topics such as politics, world affairs, business, health, sports, and culture. The page title and visible homepage layout are consistent with a large mainstream digital news outlet, including sections for live programming, featured headlines, and subscriber content.

Based on the domain name, branding, and site structure, the website appears to be operated as part of the NBC News media network. The domain has been registered since 1997 and has a very strong web presence, reflected by its high traffic ranking. Its content and third-party categorization data consistently align with a news and media website rather than a storefront, parked domain, or placeholder page.

Safety Assessment for nbcnews.com

At the time of this scan, no security engines reported detections for nbcnews.com, and the malware scan did not identify any flagged files among the sampled content. In addition, the domain was not listed by the checked blacklist and threat-database sources. Multiple web-classification providers categorized the site as news or news and media, which is consistent with the visible homepage content.

Several contextual indicators also support a lower-risk assessment based on available data: the domain is long-established, uses a reputable registrar, has a very high traffic ranking, and presents as a well-known media property rather than an anonymous or newly created site. While no point-in-time scan can guarantee ongoing safety, there were no notable signs here of phishing, malware delivery, or deceptive domain behavior.

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

Technical Description

The site was observed using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a mainstream certificate authority, with expiration extending to 2026-09-25. It is hosted on AWS EC2 infrastructure in Ashburn, United States, and serves content through an nginx web server. The domain uses dedicated NBC News nameservers, which is consistent with an established organizational setup.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. Aside from that, the available technical indicators do not show obvious infrastructure-related security concerns at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://nbcnews.com
200 https://www.nbcnews.com
Website Insights
#513
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: News
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 23 May 2
49 cookies detected
Essential47
Analytics0
Advertising2
Social0
43 1st party cookies
6 3rd party (trackers)
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