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app[.]cnn-news[.]net

“Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN”

Threat verdict Critical 95/100 evidence score
Availability Unverified Current reachability is unverified
Risk signals
VirusTotal detections: 15/91 Young domain: 26 days old
Aug 25, 2026
Evidence Summary
CRITICAL
Ref
1E61F39E
Score
95/100

app.cnn-news.net is a subdomain of cnn-news.net. PhishDestroy first observed the hostname on Aug 25, 2026. The captured page title is “Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN”. Current evidence score: 95/100 (critical).

One source contains a positive finding: VirusTotal. VirusTotal recorded 15 detections among 91 engines: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Certego, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence, VIPRE on Aug 25, 2026 at 23:42 UTC. Non-positive and contextual checks: The separate external-blocklist snapshot contained no matches on Aug 25, 2026 at 22:20 UTC. URLQuery recorded no positive detection; no observation timestamp was retained. Google Safe Browsing returned no flag on Aug 25, 2026 at 23:43 UTC. URLScan completed without a malicious verdict (score 0) on Aug 25, 2026 at 23:08 UTC.

The collector marked the hostname reachable on Aug 25, 2026 at 21:00 UTC, but did not retain the HTTP response code. Registration records for the registrable domain cnn-news.net list Gname.com Pte. Ltd. as the registrar and Jul 30, 2026 as the creation date. Registration preceded first observation by 26 days. At collection time, the hostname resolved to 95.85.246.181 on AS209693 (OC NETWORKS LIMITED). The recorded endpoint location is Stockholm, SE. The stored server header is Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu). The evidence archive retains 2 visual captures from PhishDestroy and URLScan. TLS metadata lists Let's Encrypt as the certificate issuer with validity through Oct 30, 2026; checked Aug 25, 2026 at 22:02 UTC.

Stored content provides classification context, but only one source contains a positive finding. The stored fields do not identify an impersonated brand or victim interaction.

VirusTotal
VirusTotal
15 det.
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TLS Certificate
Let's Encrypt
Age
26d Very New!
Observed status
Unverified
PhishDestroy
DestroyList
Listed
Data coverage VirusTotal 15 / 91 URLQuery report stored — detailed verdict pending PhishStats not checked OTX no community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture stored report URLScan verdict Analysis completed DNS blocks not checked TLS valid certificate, 65d WHOIS 26d old Screenshot 2 captures · 2 sources Redirect chain not probed

Threat Response Pipeline

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Availability
10/12

Public Blocklist Status

Stored Capture

URLScan capture 2 / 2
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Page Title
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
TLS Certificate
Valid transport encryption · Issued by Let's Encrypt · valid for 65 days

Domain Intelligence

Domain
URLScan Verdict Analysis completed score 0 report ↗
Server / ASN Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) · AS209693 OC NETWORKS LIMITED
IP Reputation abuse score 0/100 0 reports checked Aug 26, 2026
Registrar (base domain) Gname DE(DE)
Abuse contactabuse@1cent.host, complaint@gname.com
ICANN RegistryOfficial ICANN accredited-registrars →
WHOIS LookupICANN RDAP for cnn-news.net →
IP Address 95.85.246.181 SE
GeoSE Stockholm, SE
NetworkAS209693 · 1Cent Host
Reverse IPviewdns.info → rapiddns.io →
Registration (base domain)cnn-news.net · Created Jul 30, 2026 (26d · Very New!) — Expires Jul 30, 2027
Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps
First DetectedAug 25, 2026
Submitted URLhttp://app.cnn-news.net/
Nameserversmaleah.ns.cloudflare.comscott.ns.cloudflare.com
TLS Fingerprint
TLS Observationvalid from Aug 1, 2026scanned Aug 26, 2026
Favicon Hash
Case ID
ICANN OVERSIGHT Registration: cnn-news.net

Accreditation and RAA context

Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations

For the registrable domain cnn-news.net behind this subdomain, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.

Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.

RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.

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Technologies · 3 identified
Ubuntu
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VirusTotal Analysis

15 / 91 security vendors flagged this domain
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Last analyzed First positive detection Previous stored snapshot: 15 detections
alphaMountain.ai
BitDefender
Certego
CRDF
CyRadar
ESET
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Fortinet
G-Data
Gridinsoft
Lionic
SOCRadar
Sophos
Viettel Threat Intelligence
VIPRE
Site Performance Analysis

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of app.cnn-news.net · checked Aug 25, 2026

56
Needs Work
Performance
FCP
4.13s
First Contentful Paint
LCP
13.65s
Largest Contentful Paint
CLS
0
Cumulative Layout Shift
TBT
92ms
Total Blocking Time
SI
12.23s
Speed Index
Powered by Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile strategy · Scores: 90-100 Good 50-89 Needs Work 0-49 Poor

Evidence & External Reports

Security Analysis
URLScan Analyzed VirusTotal 15 det. ChainPatrol URLQuery Report stored Gridinsoft SSL Labs Stored TLS valid CF Radar Open report WOT ScamAdviser Blacklist Checker URLVoid Sucuri SiteCheck MDN Observatory
OSINT & Intelligence
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SEO & Domain
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