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smh.com.au

Category: Sports

Scanned: Jun 5, 2026, 01:37 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 5, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
95 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
0 - High Risk50 - Moderate100 - No Threats
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Screenshot of smh.com.au Captured Jun 5, 2026
https://smh.com.au
Screenshot of smh.com.au
Unknown
Very Popular - #2,190 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Fastly, Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Unknown
Unknown
151.101.66.133
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd
Registered Unknown
Expires Unknown
Name Servers ns-1164.awsdns-17.org
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Fastly, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
2 files scanned
No threats
2
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.smh.com.au.http-redirect 80 B No threats
www.smh.com.au/# 384 B No threats
External Links & Domains
1
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
1
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
https://help.smh.com.au/hc/en-auNot flagged
help.smh.com.auNot flagged
smh.com.au Overview

Description of smh.com.au

smh.com.au appears to be the website of The Sydney Morning Herald, a major Australian news publication. Based on the page title, metadata, and homepage screenshot, the site publishes breaking news and ongoing coverage across topics such as Sydney news, politics, business, world affairs, lifestyle, travel, and sport.

The domain structure, branding, and high traffic ranking suggest it is an established media property rather than a newly created or single-purpose site. The homepage layout shown in the scan is consistent with a mainstream digital newspaper, featuring editorial sections, subscription prompts, newsletters, and regularly updated headlines for a broad general-news audience.

Safety Assessment for smh.com.au

The available scan results are favorable. At the time of this scan, the domain was flagged by 0 out of 91 security engines, the malware scan reported no flagged files, and the checked blacklist and threat-database entries were clean. The page content shown in the screenshot also matches a normal news and media website, with no obvious signs of phishing, malware delivery, or deceptive storefront behavior.

Additional context also supports a lower-risk assessment: the domain has a strong traffic presence, uses a valid HTTPS certificate, and presents consistent branding and editorial content. As with any large media site, visitors may still encounter standard web risks such as advertising trackers, account logins, or third-party content, but no significant threats were detected in the provided scan data.

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

Technical Description

The site was served over HTTPS with a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a commercial certificate authority, with expiry listed as 2026-07-18. It resolves to an IP hosted by Fastly, Inc., which suggests use of a content delivery network or edge delivery infrastructure. The nameserver set is on AWS DNS, indicating a professionally managed DNS setup.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned in the provided records, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. No malicious files, flagged external links, or iframe-related concerns were reported in the scan results provided.

HTTP Redirect Chain
308 https://smh.com.au/
200 https://www.smh.com.au/
Website Insights
#2,190
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Sports
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 27 Jun 4
44 cookies detected
Essential39
Analytics3
Advertising2
Social0
39 1st party cookies
5 3rd party (trackers)
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