How is buzzfeed.com?
Looks fine
risk 0/100
Registered 24 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 51 ms.
Why
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finecarefulhigh risk
- ·Nothing in the checks added risk.
Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
51 ms · ends at www.buzzfeed.com
HTTPS
141 d
left on a GlobalSign nv-sa certificate
Age
24 years
registered 2002-08-07
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists
Everything we looked at
DNS records4 record types
| A | 151.101.194.114 151.101.130.114 151.101.66.114 151.101.2.114 |
|---|---|
| MX | 1 aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 10 aspmx2.googlemail.com 10 aspmx4.googlemail.com 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com 10 aspmx3.googlemail.com 10 aspmx5.googlemail.com |
| NS | ns-1015.awsdns-62.net ns-1554.awsdns-02.co.uk ns-166.awsdns-20.com ns-1367.awsdns-42.org |
| TXT | adobe-idp-site-verification=82dd13381f860472d15ec91a855861633ea9e0f4588d09975b00c1706738826b mixpanel-domain-verify=ca73792b-cae3-4009-b651-5fe325d9c4d7 MS=ms58340428 v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:spf1.buzzfeed.com include:spf2.buzzfeed.com ip4:52.222.73.83 ip4:52.222.75.85 ip4:54.186.193.102 ip4:23.21.109.197 ip4:23.21.109.212 -all anthropic-domain-verification-m9zbw8=1uMegGE4pLseKP8YnNy5pFkF6 jamf-site-verification=c4FlZOFHliV_OF3CT9k3-w docusign=341d12f2-1af7-4ee4-811e-c9f64a7ea304 tiktok-developers-site-verification=xpVsyl0usJzTnsGXQmXWDdjnAnGtlWZQ have-i-been-pwned-verification=da11cf5dfccbcda70de5ab22262c3804 apple-domain-verification=QbcAyK97gEW6u0eK tiktok-developers-site-verification=wKlPfSl5SuT6vE9ao39YPjjy3pVRDtKS zapier-domain-verification-challenge=fcd82757-f7f2-4d61-aaa2-56efc86bba62 apple-domain-verification=iel8aKeA2aVjpi4w _globalsign-domain-verification=rxc48ocR2PhwobuGALz3D9ljNu6LWDgGmlBkqwbt5g _globalsign-domain-verification=f-B_7ErtvSe_2e1SkhSsTab6DQA-AVd2vcvY3gqskQ knowbe4-site-verification=874a4c20e9e2aa7b3811f96fed08f4ad es-domain-verification=8869d244-c6e9-45cf-8e20-245ea33c543a rm_verify=0eebd64179 tollbit-domain-verification=ce780ae984625333fc4297201f48ad11139d25dcb9127932b25ce03dd217a373 lucidlink-verification=351NTENBRTG2CDCS26Y64NQQ14 google-site-verification=H3jFHrTyfApayeoRYwc98LSOR3U3ogkR9Sk3qyPqKfg status-page-domain-verification=9ns310zfq6gq globalsign-domain-verification=wvdz6fqNpGYoUxoyCbEUOYrkz-Z8Nh2zXAoS8lsLRh fkq78y1b81112ybncqql5m7mhszq0gt8 facebook-domain-verification=vm5i55h3uxgjns1oyn95c19dqr3d19 dropbox-domain-verification=qqtc01ox8n54 |
RegistrationMarkMonitor Inc.
| registrar | MarkMonitor Inc. |
|---|---|
| registered | 2002-08-07 |
| expires | 2028-08-07 |
| last changed | 2026-07-06 |
| owner | REDACTED FOR PRIVACY |
| nameservers | ns-1015.awsdns-62.net ns-1367.awsdns-42.org ns-1554.awsdns-02.co.uk ns-166.awsdns-20.com |
| status | client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited client update prohibited server delete prohibited server transfer prohibited server update prohibited |
registered 2002-08-07expires 2028-08-07
HTTPS certificate141 days left
| valid | yes |
|---|---|
| issuer | GlobalSign nv-sa |
| covers | *.buzzfeed.com, *.buzzfeed.bio, *.buzzfeednews.com, *.bzfd.bio, *.contagiousmedia.com, *.tasty.co, buzzfeed.bio, buzzfeed.com, buzzfeednews.com, bzfd.bio, contagiousmedia.com, tasty.co |
| protocol | TLSv1.3 |
issued 2026-09-03expires 2027-03-21
DNSSECinsecure
Domain is not signed with DNSSEC
. → com → buzzfeed.com
Email authenticationexcellent
| SPF | pass v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:spf1.buzzfeed.com include:spf2.buzzfeed.com ip4:52.222.73.83 ip4:52.222.75.85 ip4:54.186.193.102 ip4:23.21.109.197 ip4:23.21.109.212 -all |
|---|---|
| DMARC | pass policy quarantine |
| DKIM | found: google, k1, s1, s2, mx |
Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.
Security scoregrade B · 165/205
Basic Security20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled
Record Security30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security20/25missing: IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation50/50
Threat Detection45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 14 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop151.101.66.114Barracuda151.101.66.114UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.66.114SpamCop151.101.130.114Barracuda151.101.130.114UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.130.114SpamCop151.101.194.114Barracuda151.101.194.114UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.194.114SpamCop151.101.2.114Barracuda151.101.2.114UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.2.114
Green: clean. Red: listed. Grey: the list did not answer.
Ask it yourself
Agents get this as data. Bought through the API, the checks behind this page cost $0.070: profile $0.025 + trust $0.020 + screenshot $0.020 + site status $0.005.
curl "https://how.is/v1/domain/trust?domain=buzzfeed.com" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $HOWIS_KEY"
# or pay per call in USDC (x402), no key: the 402 tells your agent the price
curl -i "https://how.is/v1/domain/profile?domain=buzzfeed.com"
MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor
(one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on buzzfeed.com.
Reference: /llms.txt.
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