Is pastebin.com safe?

The scan of pastebin.com on 21 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score -7). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.

What malware is associated with pastebin.com?

3 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Khalesi, Emotet, Persistence.

How was pastebin.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.

pastebin.com - URL scan, 21 Aug 2026

MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned pastebin.com and returned a unknown verdict (score -7). The page resolved to 172.66.171.73 on Cloudflare, Inc. in US. The domain was registered 8752 days ago through NameCheap, Inc.. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 3 malware samples communicate with this URL (Khalesi, Emotet, Persistence). This is a point-in-time observation from 21 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.

Scan result

Verdict: unknown (score -7) · Confidence 13%
Scanned URL: https://pastebin.com/raw/hkytwPyt
Domain: pastebin.com · IP: 172.66.171.73 · AS13335 · US
Server: cloudflare
HTTP status: 200 · text/plain; charset=utf-8
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc. · domain age 8752 days · created 2002-09-03
TLS issuer: C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1 · valid to Oct 11 21: · subject CN=pastebin.com
Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-21 22:07:30 UTC

Malware communicating with this URL (3)

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

Khalesi - referenced · 035a6fa4064026934d0a631c9c1f1b9a · first seen 2026-08-21
Emotet - c2 · 64340a095707345c63b0f8e6faa080ee · first seen 2026-08-20
Persistence - referenced · effcf8b51b8ee0e1e70e78aa4d77c544 · first seen 2026-08-18

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
Hosted on abuse-prone infrastructure (paste-site)

Detected technologies

Cloudflare

Contacted infrastructure

172.66.171.73 - AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. (United States)

Observed indicators

pastebin.com
172.66.171.73
https://pastebin.com/raw/hkytwPyt

Other scans of pastebin.com (7)

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

23 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://pastebin.com/download.php?i=DDD0rAXN
23 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://pastebin.com/
22 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://pastebin.com/
22 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://pastebin.com/
21 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://pastebin.com/raw/nvPqZVcV
20 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://pastebin.com/
30 Jul 2026 - unknown · https://pastebin.com/p9Dkzfpq

Questions about pastebin.com

Is pastebin.com safe?: The scan of pastebin.com on 21 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score -7). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.
What malware is associated with pastebin.com?: 3 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Khalesi, Emotet, Persistence.
How was pastebin.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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