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zen.yandex.ru

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Jul 8, 2026, 01:22 PM UTC · First seen: Jul 8, 2026 · Threat Engines: 1 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
65 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
Moderate Risk
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Screenshot of zen.yandex.ru Captured Jul 8, 2026
https://zen.yandex.ru
Screenshot of zen.yandex.ru
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This website has moderate risk factors. Screenshot blurred as a precaution.
28 years (yandex.ru)
Not Ranked - This website does not appear in the Tranco top list
Flagged by 1 of 91 engine
✓ Valid (TLS)
Yandex LLC
Moscow, Russia
Unknown
Unknown
87.250.254.116
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered September 23, 1997 (yandex.ru)
Expires November 1, 2026
Name Servers ns1.yandex.ru. 213.180.193.1, 2a02:6b8::1
DNSSEC Unknown
Hosting Yandex LLC
This is a subdomain of yandex.ru. The WHOIS data above belongs to the parent domain, not to zen.yandex.ru. 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
1
1 of 91 engines flagged this website Flagged by 1 security vendor at the time of scanning
Not flagged Flagged
Flagged by 1 of 91 engines
Direct Threat Database Sources
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File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
1 file scanned
No threats
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No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
about.http-redirect 66 B No threats
External Links & Domains
0
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
12
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
1
Flagged Resources
Detected
top-fwz1.mail.ruFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
top-fwz1.mail.ruFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
ad.mail.ruNot flagged
avatars.dzeninfra.ruNot flagged
dzen.ruNot flagged
mc.yandex.ruNot flagged
s3.dzeninfra.ruNot flagged
sportsdzen.ruNot flagged
static.dzeninfra.ruNot flagged
suggest.dzen.ruNot flagged
suggest.sso.dzen.ruNot flagged
ya.ruNot flagged
yandex.ruNot flagged
zen.yandex.ru Overview

Description of zen.yandex.ru

zen.yandex.ru appears to be a Russian-language news and content platform branded as "Дзен" (Zen/Dzen), presented as a homepage for news, articles, videos, and personalized content feeds. The page metadata describes it as an information platform that helps users follow national, regional, and local developments, and the screenshot shows a portal-style layout with headlines, topic navigation, search, and account sign-in features.

Based on the domain structure and on-page branding, the service appears to be associated with the broader Yandex ecosystem, using Yandex-owned infrastructure and related subdomains for search, analytics, static assets, and suggestions. The site seems intended for general media consumption rather than direct downloads or transactional activity, and its content mix resembles a mainstream news aggregation and publishing platform.

Safety Assessment for zen.yandex.ru

Scan results are mixed but lean relatively reassuring overall. At the time of this scan, 1 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, while the broader malware scan reported no flagged files and major threat-database checks did not indicate listings for phishing or malware distribution. The only additional anomaly shown in the scan data was a generic suspicious-object label tied to a referenced mail-related domain, which on its own is a low-confidence signal and does not necessarily indicate harmful website content.

Several contextual factors modestly support legitimacy: the domain is very old, uses a valid SSL certificate, and is hosted on infrastructure associated with the same broader service ecosystem shown in the page content. The screenshot also matches a functioning media portal rather than a parked page, fake storefront, or obvious credential-harvesting screen. Still, because one security engine did flag the site as phishing, some caution may be warranted until corroborated by additional evidence.

Based on available scan data, no widespread malicious consensus was detected at the time of this scan, but the isolated detection means the website may warrant mild caution rather than a fully clean assessment.

Technical Description

The site was observed using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by GlobalSign, with certificate validity extending to 2026-08-09. It resolves to the IP address 87.250.254.116 and appears to be hosted by Yandex LLC in Moscow, Russia. Nameservers are set to ns1.yandex.ru and ns2.yandex.ru, which is consistent with operation inside a large first-party infrastructure environment.

DNSSEC status was not confirmed in the provided data. No malicious files were identified in the malware scan, and blacklist checks were reported clean at the time of scanning. The main technical caution is the single-engine phishing flag and the presence of one referenced domain marked with a generic suspicious heuristic, though these signals appear limited and not broadly corroborated.

HTTP Redirect Chain
302 https://dzen.ru/?is_autologin_ya=true
302 https://login.vk.com/?act=autologin&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdzen.ru%2Fapi%2Fauth%2Fweb%2Fautologin-vk-log-only%3FredirectUrl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fdzen.ru%252F%253Fis_autologin_ya%253Dtrue&state=yNhVb6C8JidndYtK&uuid=8699add2-bcdd-46cb-8765-398eba9a61b3&app_id=51441269&flow_source=detected_autologin
302 https://dzen.ru/api/auth/web/autologin-vk-log-only?errorCode=11300&errorText=invalid+user&redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fdzen.ru%2F%3Fis_autologin_ya%3Dtrue&state=yNhVb6C8JidndYtK
200 https://dzen.ru/?is_autologin_ya=true
Website Insights
Not Ranked
Tranco Rank
Not in Top 1M
Visitors Unknown
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
No rank data available
45 cookies detected
Essential37
Analytics8
Advertising0
Social0
0 1st party cookies
45 3rd party (trackers)
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