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politico.eu

Category: News

Scanned: Jun 28, 2026, 05:12 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 28, 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 politico.eu Captured Jun 28, 2026
https://politico.eu
Screenshot of politico.eu
11 years
Very Popular - #3,560 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
WordPress
104.18.20.20
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered February 11, 2015
Expires Unknown
Name Servers lars.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
3 files scanned
No threats
3
Low Risk
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Medium Risk
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No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.politico.eu.http-redirect 82 B No threats
www.politico.eu/# 5.3 KB No threats
www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=a12a31678a4d41a8 213.2 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
1
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
1
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://politico.eu/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray%3Da12a31678a4d41a8Not flagged
politico.euNot flagged
politico.eu Overview

Description of politico.eu

politico.eu appears to be the European edition of POLITICO, a digital news publication focused on politics, public policy, government affairs, and current events across Europe and the European Union. The page metadata and homepage layout indicate coverage of breaking news, analysis, opinion, newsletters, podcasts, and policy-related reporting.

Based on the domain name, visible branding, and third-party categorization data, the site is widely recognized as a news and media website. Its content appears aimed at readers interested in European politics, international affairs, and institutional developments, with sections covering major geopolitical and policy topics.

Safety Assessment for politico.eu

The available scan results are consistent with a well-established media website. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, the malware scan reported no flagged files, and the checked threat-database and blacklist sources did not indicate known phishing or malware-related issues. Multiple web-classification providers also categorized the site as news or news and media, which aligns with the visible homepage content.

Additional context also supports a lower-risk assessment: the domain has been registered for more than 11 years, has a strong traffic presence, and presents as a professionally maintained publication rather than a newly created or thin-content site. The only notable access-related artifact is a challenge-platform URL in the scanned links, which commonly appears on sites using anti-bot or traffic-filtering protections and does not by itself indicate malicious behavior.

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 a mainstream certificate authority, with reported expiry in September 2026. It is served through Cloudflare infrastructure on IP address 104.18.20.20, with Cloudflare nameservers in DNS, which suggests use of a content delivery and protection layer. The web server was identified as Cloudflare, and the hosting location was reported as Toronto, Canada.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No malware-positive files, flagged external links, or iframe-related concerns were reported in the provided scan data.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://politico.eu/
200 https://www.politico.eu/
Website Insights
#3,560
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: News
Rank History (30 days)
May 18 Jun 27
22 cookies detected
Essential21
Analytics0
Advertising1
Social0
20 1st party cookies
2 3rd party (trackers)
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