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How is usnews.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 32 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site did not answer (timed out).

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.

Site
down
timed out
HTTPS
80 d
left on a Let's Encrypt certificate
Age
32 years
registered 1995-01-20
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A23.48.203.48
23.48.203.43
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
1 aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
NSa3-64.akam.net
a11-64.akam.net
a14-66.akam.net
a12-65.akam.net
a22-66.akam.net
a1-61.akam.net
TXTadobe-idp-site-verification=5c15a9ed09bebe1d6398278573886d10fe5cafb99d913d8470eea3cf1b4ace4b
amazonses:mjXvXGVIDfLow8YqkAV7/olqcmeTMJoJQsJhjqlWtCU=
google-site-verification=jj3i4XobUzIN56Yqaj_P0GJD_LnHSTxf19sl8OQbXO0
tiktok-developers-site-verification=anUytTWWlGHOrkuO3Jx0cPAr821E4PNi
google-site-verification=xIZHtG2pvMpgbVShSiwWfMgKz4LDGyAyAzgjUcjMXXk
apple-domain-verification=xtaOhr8Aw90PleVE5ZhDVTj0KwLrgyiQrq7yCyJVyqY
MS=53F8D243B656E9B6BC7EC4919F9DEE95B1F0CCCF
yahoo-verification-key=nZs2Seb6dnVCIRmTQ3X2SkfBQKbDOEImx+PdFytBymQ=
ZOOM_verify_X6FjtCkvSl6J_A5UT_QfLw
sophos-domain-verification=fdbec855e63b2071ff079de186cc1dac08b4dcd146309bb377d1820c918820b3
canva-site-verification=F4LwZMYYxT0n3z6kzeuhFA
cursor-domain-verification-jshhn7=6pHhQV2UmDIpQdOFz8KKnMJvA
atlassian-sending-domain-verification=5e4cef2c-89a4-4129-bee1-21510f0414c4
facebook-domain-verification=4onziq2r3y9y8wx1tf5ympb4sz11x8
activeprospect-domain-verification=dlfNZMvpeP1jrIsKaAMhXw==
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.psm.knowbe4.com ~all
new-relic-domain-verification=591561e673004044bd8d0cf855ba9839
anthropic-domain-verification-d3ha5c=OMtK8MKwkNImi2On6rdzmKrCv
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'letsencrypt.org', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazonaws.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'networksolutions.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'iodef': 'mailto:dns-admin@usnews.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'trust-provider.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'web.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'sectigo.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'usertrust.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'akamai.com', 'critical': 0}
RegistrationNetwork Solutions, LLC
registrarNetwork Solutions, LLC
registered1995-01-20
expires2034-01-21
last changed2026-10-09
nameserversa1-61.akam.net
a11-64.akam.net
a12-65.akam.net
a14-66.akam.net
a22-66.akam.net
a3-64.akam.net
statusclient transfer prohibited
registered 1995-01-20expires 2034-01-21
HTTPS certificate80 days left
validyes
issuerLet's Encrypt
coversadfs.usnews.com, agents.usnews.com, ai.usnews.com, apivip1.usnews.com, auth.usnews.com, bestlawfirms.usnews.com, business.usnews.com, bytes.usnews.com, careers.usnews.com, cars.usnews.com, contrib.usnews.com, creditcards.usnews.com
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-10-21expires 2027-01-19
DNSSECsecure

Domain is properly signed — chain validated by an independent validating resolver

. → com → usnews.com
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.psm.knowbe4.com ~all
DMARCpass policy reject
DKIMfound: google

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

Security scoregrade B · 165/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
45/45missing: DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
15/25missing: SOA Record Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop23.48.203.43Barracuda23.48.203.43UCEPROTECT Level 123.48.203.43SpamCop23.48.203.48Barracuda23.48.203.48UCEPROTECT Level 123.48.203.48

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=usnews.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=usnews.com"

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

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