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techtarget.com

Category: Business, Economy, Information Technology

Scanned: May 31, 2026, 01:34 AM UTC · First seen: May 31, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
93 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of techtarget.com Captured May 31, 2026
https://techtarget.com
Screenshot of techtarget.com
26 years
Very Popular - #1,904 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Google Cloud
Kansas City, United States
cloudflare
Unknown
107.178.255.225
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar DNC Holdings, Inc
Registered September 15, 1999
Expires December 2, 2026
Name Servers NS10.TECHTARGET.COM
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Google Cloud
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
96 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
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Medium Risk
83
High Risk
0
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www.techtarget.com/techtarget-editorial-ethics-policy 35.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/editorial-contacts 33.1 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/login 7.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/register 9.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/contributors 27.9 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/# 142.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/# 173.1 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/searchunifiedcommunications/# 177.1 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/news/# 144.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.techtarget.com/searchaws/# 168.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
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www.techtarget.com.http-redirect 88 B No threats
www.techtarget.com/favicon.ico 7.6 KB No threats
www.techtarget.com/cmp/ttCmpApi.min.js?v=9.82 10.3 KB No threats
www.techtarget.com/cmp/sourcepoint/ccpa-config.min.js?v=9.82 544 B No threats
www.techtarget.com/cmp/sourcepoint/gdprTCFv2-config.min.js?v=9.82 8.3 KB No threats
www.techtarget.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ffcf0f8eceff6f1f1faedfcf0fefcebf6f0f1dff8f2fef6f3b1fcf0f2 4.6 KB No threats
www.techtarget.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js 22.8 KB No threats
www.techtarget.com/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js 1.2 KB No threats
www.techtarget.com/rms/ux/responsive/fonts/PublicSans-Regular.woff2 23.7 KB No threats
www.techtarget.com/rms/ux/responsive/js/responsive-ui.min.js?v=9.82 370.1 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
5264
External Links
4 Flagged
0
Iframes
Clean
101
Referenced Domains
3 Flagged
7
Flagged Resources
Detected
go.techtarget.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
s.dpmsrv.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.informatechtarget.deFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://go.techtarget.com/clicktrack-r/activity/activity.gif?activityTypeId%3D27&#038%3Bbid%3D1&#038%3Bct%3Dpress-release&#038%3Br%3D1165631871Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://go.techtarget.com/clicktrack-r/activity/activity.gif?activityTypeId%3D27&bid%3D1&ct%3Dpress-release&r%3D1165631871Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://s.dpmsrv.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.informatechtarget.de/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://go.techtarget.com/clicktrack-r/activity/activity.gif?activityTypeId%3D27&#038%3Bbid%3D1&#038%3Bct%3Dpress-release&#038%3Br%3D1165631871Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://go.techtarget.com/clicktrack-r/activity/activity.gif?activityTypeId%3D27&bid%3D1&ct%3Dpress-release&r%3D1165631871Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://s.dpmsrv.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.informatechtarget.de/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://rss.techtarget.com/1020.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/120.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/160.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/186.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/191.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/240.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/42.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/480.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/60.xmlNot flagged
http://rss.techtarget.com/941.xmlNot flagged
http://searchoracle.v7.techtarget.com/rss/Oracle-news-and-trends.xmlNot flagged
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Showing first 500 of 5264 entries.
go.techtarget.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
s.dpmsrv.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.informatechtarget.deFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
aibusiness.comNot flagged
appian.comNot flagged
asbpe.orgNot flagged
blog.talosintelligence.comNot flagged
cdn.doubleverify.comNot flagged
cdn.optimizely.comNot flagged
cdn.ttgtmedia.comNot flagged
cloudian.comNot flagged
datawrapper.dwcdn.netNot flagged
developers.cloudflare.comNot flagged
doc.rust-lang.orgNot flagged
fonts.googleapis.comNot flagged
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techtarget.com Overview

Description of techtarget.com

TechTarget appears to be a long-established business technology publishing and media website focused on enterprise IT topics. The homepage and metadata indicate a global network of technology publications and contributors covering areas such as enterprise AI, security, CIO strategy, IT operations, and data management, with article-driven content aimed at professionals and decision-makers.

Based on the domain name, page title, and classification data, the site appears to operate as a B2B information and research platform rather than a consumer service or storefront. It is associated with technology journalism, editorial content, industry analysis, and lead-generation or audience services for enterprise technology vendors, which is consistent with its broad set of branded publications and contributor pages.

Safety Assessment for techtarget.com

The strongest reputation signals in this scan are favorable. The domain was not flagged by any of 91 security engines, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources reported clean results at the time of this scan. The domain is also very mature, having existed since 1999, and it has a strong traffic profile, which generally aligns with an established and widely recognized publisher.

A separate malware scan did label many pages and a few linked domains as "suspicious," but the detections shown are generic heuristic findings rather than confirmed malware families, and they are not corroborated by broader multi-engine detections or blacklist listings. Several of the flagged items are ordinary editorial, login, contributor, and tracking-related URLs, which may indicate low-confidence pattern matching rather than a verified compromise.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan. The isolated heuristic alerts may warrant routine caution, but the overall evidence currently suggests a low-risk, established website.

Technical Description

The site is served over HTTPS with a valid SSL/TLS certificate and appears to use Cloudflare as its web-facing server layer, with hosting infrastructure associated with Google Cloud. The observed server IP geolocates to Kansas City, United States. These are common characteristics for a large modern web property using CDN and edge protection services.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses may not benefit from that additional authenticity control. No major infrastructure-side security issues are evident from the provided scan data, and the domain's long registration history and dedicated nameservers are consistent with an established organization.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://techtarget.com/
200 https://www.techtarget.com/
Website Insights
#1,904
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Business, Economy, Information Technology
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 20 May 30
29 cookies detected
Essential25
Analytics4
Advertising0
Social0
27 1st party cookies
2 3rd party (trackers)
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