www.aol.com - URL scan, 17 Aug 2026
MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned www.aol.com and returned a unknown verdict (score -12). The page resolved to 183.177.68.211 on Yahoo-AU in AU. 25 domains and 2 IPs were contacted, over 16 HTTP requests. 4 malware samples communicate with this URL (Changeup, AsyncRAT, Pidgeon). The request followed 1 redirect before landing. This is a point-in-time observation from 17 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.
Scan result
- Verdict: unknown (score -12) · Confidence 15%
- Scanned URL:
https://aol.com/ - Domain: www.aol.com · IP: 183.177.68.211 · AS10310 · AU
- Server: ATS
- Page title: News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com
- HTTP status: 200 · text/html; charset=utf-8
- TLS issuer: C=US, O=DigiCert Inc, CN=DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1 · valid to Oct 14 23: · subject C=US, ST=New York, L=New York, O=Yahoo Holdings Inc., CN=api.push.mail.aol.com
- Evidenced operator: Yahoo Holdings Inc.
- HTTP requests captured: 16
- Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-17 11:02:40 UTC
Redirect chain
https://aol.com/https://www.aol.com/
Malware communicating with this URL (4)
These samples were observed contacting or being served from www.aol.com. Each links to its full analysis.
- Changeup - referenced ·
98a8f51d78b71d65dbb797b511d5b25e· first seen 2026-08-17 - AsyncRAT - referenced ·
dfea615110f480d5ff695d936be2c19b· first seen 2026-08-14 - Pidgeon - referenced ·
ab560f606a7e9575bb9264f2ad15b92e· first seen 2026-08-14 - Changeup - referenced ·
e18a48162fa1d48c6f9a391bbd88d492· first seen 2026-08-14
Antivirus & YARA (0 of 47 engines)
No engine flagged this page's content.
Why this verdict
- Valid TLS, no impersonation or off-origin credential post
Detected technologies
- Next.js
Contacted infrastructure
- 183.177.68.211 - AS10310 Yahoo-AU (Australia)
Observed indicators
- www.aol.com
- s.yimg.com
- cmp.aol.com
- beap.gemini.yahoo.com
- yep.video.yahoo.com
- s.aolcdn.com
- 3p-geo.yahoo.com
- hermes.media.static.aol.com
- looper-static.s3.amazonaws.com
- help.aol.com
- oidc.www.aol.com
- mail.aol.com
- search.yahoo.com
- hermes.media.transform.aol.com
- www.accuweather.com
- adspecs.aol.com
- aol.uservoice.com
- login.aol.com
- www.yahooinc.com
- legal.aol.com
Other scans of www.aol.com (6)
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 ·
https://beautifullifeuk.com/ - 15 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://beautifullifeuk.com/ - 14 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://beautifullifeuk.com/ - 14 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://www.compuserve.com/ - 14 Aug 2026 - unknown
Questions about www.aol.com
- Is www.aol.com safe?
- The scan of www.aol.com on 17 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 www.aol.com?
- 4 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Changeup, AsyncRAT, Pidgeon.
- How was www.aol.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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