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thesun.co.uk

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Jun 1, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC · First seen: Jun 1, 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 thesun.co.uk Captured Jun 1, 2026
https://thesun.co.uk
Screenshot of thesun.co.uk
29 years
Very Popular - #1,989 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Automattic, Inc
San Francisco, United States
CloudFront
Unknown
192.0.66.2
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered May 19, 1997
Expires May 19, 2028
Name Servers ns-1478.awsdns-56.org
DNSSEC Unknown
Hosting Automattic, Inc
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
3 files scanned
No threats
3
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.thesun.co.uk.http-redirect 84 B No threats
www.thesun.co.uk/# 1.3 KB No threats
p.toadmash.net/1780351403/4da18dcd-4d56-4355-91a0-68f615cf500f.js 151.9 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
2
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
1
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
https://p.toadmash.net/1780351403/4da18dcd-4d56-4355-91a0-68f615cf500f.jsNot flagged
https://p.toadmash.net/toadmash-1.0.11.cssNot flagged
p.toadmash.netNot flagged
thesun.co.uk Overview

Description of thesun.co.uk

thesun.co.uk appears to be the official website for The Sun, a long-running UK tabloid newspaper and digital news publisher. The homepage screenshot shows a standard news-media layout with sections such as News, Sport, TV, Showbiz, Money, Travel, and Health, which is consistent with a mainstream online newspaper serving a broad UK audience.

Based on the domain name, branding, and site structure, the website appears to be operated as the digital edition of The Sun newspaper. Its purpose is likely to publish breaking news, entertainment coverage, sports reporting, opinion pieces, and subscription or membership content such as the visible “Sun Club” area. The domain has been registered for many years, which is also consistent with an established media property.

Safety Assessment for thesun.co.uk

The available scan results are strongly reassuring for this domain at the time of this scan. It was not flagged by any of 91 security engines, the malware scan reported no flagged files out of 3 scanned, and the checked blacklist and threat-database entries were clean. The domain is also very old, has a high traffic ranking, and the screenshot matches a recognizable news publication rather than a login lure, giveaway page, or other common abuse pattern.

Some third-party resources are referenced by the page, which is normal for modern media websites that use advertising, analytics, or content-delivery components. In this case, the listed external resources were not flagged, and there were no malicious iframes reported. As with any large media site, users may still encounter tracking, ads, or sensational content, but those factors are separate from malware or phishing indicators.

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

Technical Description

The domain is long-established, with a creation date in 1997 and registration through a major corporate registrar. It uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate and is served through CloudFront infrastructure, with hosting attributed to Automattic, Inc. The nameserver set points to AWS-managed DNS, which is typical of large-scale web deployments.

DNSSEC status was reported as unknown rather than confirmed enabled. No immediate technical security concerns were evident from the provided scan data, and the site’s use of CDN-backed infrastructure may help with availability and performance.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://thesun.co.uk/
200 https://www.thesun.co.uk/
Website Insights
#1,989
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 27 Jun 1
2 cookies detected
Essential2
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
2 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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