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thehindu.com

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Jun 18, 2026, 01:56 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 18, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
89 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of thehindu.com Captured Jun 18, 2026
https://thehindu.com
Screenshot of thehindu.com
30 years
Very Popular - #2,905 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Unknown
104.18.8.4
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar ENOM, INC.
Registered March 1, 1996
Expires March 2, 2028
Name Servers DAMON.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
29 files scanned
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www.thehindu.com/# 394.4 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/elections/# 296.0 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/education/# 205.7 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/news/# 192.6 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/entertainment/# 270.7 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/data/# 254.2 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/business/# 265.2 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/archive/# 257.4 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/books/# 264.2 KB Flagged: high risk
www.thehindu.com/brandhub/# 229.5 KB Flagged: high risk
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www.thehindu.com.http-redirect 84 B No threats
www.thehindu.com/favicon.ico 5.3 KB No threats
www.thehindu.com/crosswords?utm_source=home_sidemenu 30.8 KB No threats
www.thehindu.com/crosswords/?utm_source=thehindu&utm_medium=mainmenu 30.9 KB No threats
www.thehindu.com/crosswords/# 30.7 KB No threats
www.thehindu.com/feeder/default.rss 41.5 KB No threats
www.thehindu.com/frontpage/# 38.7 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
1535
External Links
1 Flagged
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Iframes
Clean
76
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
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Flagged Resources
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cdn.polyfill.ioFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://cdn.polyfill.io/v2/polyfill.min.js?features%3Ddefault,fetchFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://cdn.polyfill.io/v2/polyfill.min.js?features%3Ddefault,fetchFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
http://thehindu.com/${image}Not flagged
http://thehindu.com/${item.candidate_uri}Not flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/css/front-page.css?service%3D01234Not flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/frame-bg.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/loader.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/pic1.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/pic2.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/pic3.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/pic4.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/pic5.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/pic6.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/pic7.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/./assets/images/pic8.pngNot flagged
http://thehindu.com/?page%3D1Not flagged
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cdn.polyfill.ioFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
ads.pubmatic.comNot flagged
ajax.googleapis.comNot flagged
akshayakalpa.orgNot flagged
apps.apple.comNot flagged
bloncampus.thehindubusinessline.comNot flagged
cdn.jsdelivr.netNot flagged
cdn.tinypass.comNot flagged
cdnjs.cloudflare.comNot flagged
christuniversity.inNot flagged
consent.truste.comNot flagged
crossword.thehindu.comNot flagged
epaper.thehindu.comNot flagged
epaper.thehindubusinessline.comNot flagged
experience.tinypass.comNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-PPPPHNQV" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
thehindu.com Overview

Description of thehindu.com

thehindu.com appears to be the official website of The Hindu, a long-established Indian newspaper and digital news publisher. Based on the page title, visible navigation, and metadata, the site provides current news coverage across topics such as politics, world affairs, sports, business, science, health, entertainment, and data journalism, along with e-paper and subscription features.

The domain has been registered since 1996 and has a strong traffic presence, which is consistent with an established media outlet rather than a newly created site. The homepage screenshot shows a professionally branded news portal with article sections, account access, and subscription options, suggesting it is operated as a mainstream online publishing platform serving readers in India and internationally.

Safety Assessment for thehindu.com

Scan results were largely reassuring at the time of this scan. No detections were reported by 0 out of 91 security engines, and the domain was not listed by the checked content-malice and phishing blacklist databases. The domain is also very old and well-trafficked, which can be a positive trust signal when considered alongside the clean multi-engine and blacklist results.

One scanner did report multiple page-level findings and identified a flagged external script reference associated with cdn.polyfill.io under a generic malicious-object label. Based on the available context, this appears to be a single-source heuristic or dependency-related concern rather than broad consensus across security engines, since other major scan signals remained clean at the time of this scan. Users should still note that third-party script dependencies can introduce risk if they are outdated or compromised.

Taking the full picture into account, including the domain's age, visibility, clean blacklist status, and lack of multi-engine detections, the isolated heuristic finding appears limited in confidence. Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Google Trust Services, with the certificate shown as expiring on 2026-09-07. It is hosted behind Cloudflare infrastructure, with the observed server IP resolving to 104.18.8.4 and nameservers set to Cloudflare-operated hosts. This setup is common for large publishers that use CDN and reverse-proxy services for performance and availability.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which means DNS responses may not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No DNS-based blocklist hits were reported in the provided checks. The main technical concern in this scan is the referenced third-party polyfill script that triggered a generic malicious-object finding in one scanner, which may warrant dependency review by the site operator.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://thehindu.com/
200 https://www.thehindu.com/
Website Insights
#2,905
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
May 11 Jun 17
54 cookies detected
Essential45
Analytics6
Advertising3
Social0
49 1st party cookies
5 3rd party (trackers)
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