Is paid.outbrain.com safe?

The scan of paid.outbrain.com on 22 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score -12). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.

What malware is associated with paid.outbrain.com?

5 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Smuggling.

How was paid.outbrain.com checked?

A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.

paid.outbrain.com - URL scan, 22 Aug 2026

MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned paid.outbrain.com and returned a unknown verdict (score -12). The page resolved to 151.101.30.132 on Fastly, Inc. in AU. The domain was registered 8047 days ago through MarkMonitor Inc.. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 5 malware samples communicate with this URL (Smuggling). This is a point-in-time observation from 22 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.

Scan result

Verdict: unknown (score -12) · Confidence 15%
Scanned URL: https://paid.outbrain.com/network/redir
Domain: paid.outbrain.com · IP: 151.101.30.132 · AS54113 · AU
HTTP status: 500 · text/html;charset=UTF-8
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. · domain age 8047 days · created 2004-08-09
TLS issuer: C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=YR1 · valid to Oct 6 01: · subject CN=*.outbrain.com
Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-22 16:52:56 UTC

Malware communicating with this URL (5)

These samples were observed contacting or being served from paid.outbrain.com. Each links to its full analysis.

virussign.com_ae31c130276029edd86b96116df3c740.vir - referenced · f4c64e19fc617a89c26e9553dfbff118 · first seen 2026-08-22
virussign.com_465f63399ad862a1265962ea6d496790.vir - referenced · a9fdc71681ffc0f1921ba2e5b392b2c1 · first seen 2026-08-22
Smuggling - referenced · 9f61ec03b9375a51ecfd89494fe5cdda · first seen 2026-08-19
virussign.com_b06c1731e56438217eeda7f7198ac9e0.vir - referenced · f2fe42831d42b8c00221a85fe42737b9 · first seen 2026-08-16
virussign.com_963771127a870a35ae9e36da28db9380.vir - referenced · 029cbdba6fc658a16fdf3366a3288dd8 · first seen 2026-08-11

Antivirus & YARA (0 of 48 engines)

No engine flagged this page's content.

Why this verdict

Valid TLS, no impersonation or off-origin credential post

Detected technologies

Fastly

Contacted infrastructure

151.101.30.132 - AS54113 Fastly, Inc. (Australia)

Observed indicators

paid.outbrain.com
151.101.30.132
https://paid.outbrain.com/network/redir

Other scans of paid.outbrain.com (4)

This host has been scanned before. Each scan is a separate observation, so a verdict here does not carry over to the others.

22 Aug 2026 - unknown
16 Aug 2026 - unknown
13 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://www.tipico.com/?affiliateId=
11 Aug 2026 - unknown

Questions about paid.outbrain.com

Is paid.outbrain.com safe?: The scan of paid.outbrain.com on 22 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score -12). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.
What malware is associated with paid.outbrain.com?: 5 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Smuggling.
How was paid.outbrain.com checked?: A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.

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