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test.bbc.com

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Oct 5, 2026, 16:39 UTC · First seen: Oct 5, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
100 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
0 - High Risk50 - Moderate100 - No Threats
Fresh scan recommended
Last scanned 14 days ago - security status may have changed since then.
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Screenshot of test.bbc.com Captured Oct 5, 2026
https://test.bbc.com
Screenshot of test.bbc.com
37 years (bbc.com)
Not Ranked - This website does not appear in the Tranco top list
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Fastly, Inc.
Montreal, Canada
BBC-GTM
Next.js
151.101.192.82
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Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar TUCOWS.COM, CO.
Registered July 15, 1989 (bbc.com)
Expires July 14, 2030
Name Servers dns0.bbc.co.uk
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Fastly, Inc.
This is a subdomain of bbc.com. The WHOIS data above belongs to the parent domain, not to test.bbc.com. The actual creation date of this subdomain is unknown and could be much more recent than the parent.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
4 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
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Medium Risk
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High Risk
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No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.test.bbc.com.http-redirect 84 B No threats
www.test.bbc.com/audio-episode-and-query 31.7 KB No threats
www.test.bbc.com/# 772.1 KB No threats
www.test.bbc.com/culture/books 345.9 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
568
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
41
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
test.bbc.com/arts Not flagged
test.bbc.com/arts/arts-in-motion Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio-episode-and-query Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/categories Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/category/news Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/m0032f5f Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/m0032h4d Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/m0032m7b Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/p0p9vmf2 Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/p0pd0h31 Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/p0pdc4nd Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/p0pddfhc Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/p0pdpvj6 Not flagged
test.bbc.com/audio/play/p0pdvwxg Not flagged
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advertising.bbcstudios.com Not flagged
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cdn.tinypass.com Not flagged
cloud.email.bbc.com Not flagged
connect.facebook.net Not flagged
emp.bbci.co.uk Not flagged
gn-web-assets.api.bbc.com Not flagged
hekint.org Not flagged
help.bbc.com Not flagged
ichef.bbci.co.uk Not flagged
js.stripe.com Not flagged
news.bbc.co.uk Not flagged
news.google.com Not flagged
session.bbc.com Not flagged
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test.bbc.com Overview

Description of test.bbc.com

test.bbc.com appears to be a BBC-operated subdomain serving a version of the BBC homepage and navigation experience. The page title and metadata indicate a broad news and media portal covering breaking news, world news, sport, business, innovation, climate, culture, travel, video, and audio content.

Based on the domain structure, branding, and linked BBC-related properties, this subdomain appears to be associated with the British Broadcasting Corporation's web infrastructure, possibly for testing, staging, or controlled deployment of site features while still presenting live BBC-style content. The screenshot shows a standard BBC news layout with headline stories, section navigation, and account/subscription links.

Safety Assessment for test.bbc.com

The available scan results are strongly reassuring for this domain at the time of this scan. No detections were reported by 0 out of 91 security engines, the malware scan reported no flagged files, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources did not indicate phishing, malware, or other content-based abuse. The domain is also very old, which generally reduces the likelihood of opportunistic abuse compared with newly registered domains.

Additional context also supports a lower-risk assessment: the page content matches the expected BBC news and media brand, the linked domains are largely consistent with BBC infrastructure and common third-party web services, and no suspicious external links or iframes were identified in the provided scan data. Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site presented a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by GlobalSign, with expiry listed as 2027-01-24. It resolves to IP address 151.101.192.82 and appears to be delivered through Fastly infrastructure, with the web server identified as BBC-GTM. This setup is consistent with a large media property using a content delivery network and edge-serving architecture.

WHOIS data indicates a long-established domain created in 1989 and registered through Tucows. DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No immediate technical security concerns were evident from the provided scan results beyond that observation.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://test.bbc.com/
200 https://www.test.bbc.com/
Website Insights
Not Ranked
Tranco Rank
Not in Top 1M
Visitors Unknown
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
No rank data available
29 cookies detected
Essential29
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
6 1st party cookies
23 3rd party (trackers)
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