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How is mashable.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 21 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 48 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.

How mashable.com looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
48 ms
HTTPS
34 d
left on a Google Trust Services certificate
Age
21 years
registered 2005-07-19
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A172.64.145.239
104.18.42.17
AAAA2a06:98c1:3108::6812:2a11
2606:4700:440b::ac40:91ef
MX40 aspmx2.googlemail.com
50 aspmx3.googlemail.com
20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
10 aspmx.l.google.com
NSstan.ns.cloudflare.com
melinda.ns.cloudflare.com
TXTanthropic-domain-verification-8yhnd2=JjQ2U1PXjSD1fuv7AsTl9wL04
google-site-verification=OA9nqSHn-vz22Uzs4gPRH9i_iGw24VhWpwUUoZ84JZI
facebook-domain-verification=bjfgcbesl39drcl7v0nj6696d3l0io
onetrust-domain-verification=abc51c8aabd44eb59261c3dc7493e90d
amazonses:Z5QNPJ5iPN0Mq3jLqd7VUtga9VuNpdaNc905BGCARiw=
apple-domain-verification=eBeUoxT2aLZiv4AM
adobe-idp-site-verification=cd8dab640ab786a9457c8757f4188cd682dd687a694d1d9c251e9ef54140a0ec
google-site-verification=glsA5aZxGHaju0Dgibt_UjPIRrL-ZSK6aooxg8pIVEs
MS=ms71451316
figma-domain-verification=4f7cdfa45ca39f617dd7ba7b165e1bfd5e9b5e1ec18b849c6098dfdc4a4cfa64-1740511309
atlassian-domain-verification=2SzYnHY5kqS93yaRjqFeXQ06/c1FGYtUTDzZ/ESvHPhpX0UGQJ6kxrQTWfcvA1Ys
atlassian-domain-verification=kQFG/X7fUsfUDY23M1nY9V96UTPIKoWZT6X2VBnCL9xU3reVLExHilAHDSEYR9wT
atlassian-domain-verification=ABvZicrYcNZS0ZlndVmOFMZ4fKr9B5cnu3MSodGE7e9OvfSk6/uJlgtbvJ29tMcl
knowbe4-site-verification=f8a0eecde40ecb172ead956570d9179c
atlassian-domain-verification=oargRKtWj/XDaHvz3KJHstsWDqU1X1CFoYqlDKWGEAZ2wrAaqNHo6HWl6Kzv6/gU
ZOOM_verify_PWk64Qrl1OtbGw7dRHJZBG
google-site-verification=STHgGGPVQNIXuc2PZD2zSjPJGhPZB9J4XbYSeSm0Rec
canva-site-verification=4hV0PUE1d_0DpT4Pz9lZhQ
include:_spf.emailcampaigns.net
atlassian-domain-verification=QUsZX4LdPWTYZgx09JhShFot27EJnUl/5CyxXFsiGebXl2QD8Fh3zzfkYZJe42Ic
google-site-verification=ov-5YzWCfMr-76FIRNui6JkuyGtdIENMfMgNOH-Ie-o
openai-domain-verification=dv-8pNAhyOHM5qCAjbSCclS3E69
cloudflare_dashboard_sso=b9207a4cf3f8f5e2aa07e4eff6887c88
v=spf1 ip4:174.143.231.161/28 ip4:166.78.216.65/29 ip4:75.126.29.138 include:amazonses.com include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:_spf.google.com ~all
docusign=97cf394b-a0d4-4801-a1a9-b1230063483a
tollbit-domain-verification=86ee66d1d40cb4b2733cb249aa97f31d9b2f25a05c55b40a04f8de1592793223
RegistrationCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
registrarCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
registered2005-07-19
expires2029-07-19
last changed2025-08-21
ownerZiff Davis LLC
nameserversmelinda.ns.cloudflare.com
stan.ns.cloudflare.com
statusclient transfer prohibited
registered 2005-07-19expires 2029-07-19
HTTPS certificate34 days left
validyes
issuerGoogle Trust Services
coversmashable.com, *.mashable.com
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-09-06expires 2026-12-05
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → mashable.com
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 ip4:174.143.231.161/28 ip4:166.78.216.65/29 ip4:75.126.29.138 include:amazonses.com include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:_spf.google.com ~all
DMARCpass policy quarantine
DKIMfound: google

Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.

Security scoregrade B · 160/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
25/25
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop172.64.145.239Barracuda172.64.145.239UCEPROTECT Level 1172.64.145.239SpamCop104.18.42.17Barracuda104.18.42.17UCEPROTECT Level 1104.18.42.17

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=mashable.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=mashable.com"

MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor (one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on mashable.com. Reference: /llms.txt.

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