Is www.freehaven.net safe?

The scan of www.freehaven.net on 21 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score 2). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.

What malware is associated with www.freehaven.net?

1 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including AsyncRAT.

How was www.freehaven.net 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.

www.freehaven.net - URL scan, 21 Aug 2026

MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned www.freehaven.net and returned a unknown verdict (score 2). The page resolved to 128.31.0.34 on Massachusetts Institute of Technology in US. 108 domains and 1 IP were contacted. 1 malware sample communicates with this URL (AsyncRAT). The request followed 2 redirects before landing. This is a point-in-time observation from 21 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.

Scan result

Verdict: unknown (score 2) · Confidence 11%
Scanned URL: http://freehaven.net/anonbib/
Domain: www.freehaven.net · IP: 128.31.0.34 · AS3 · US
Server: Apache/2.4.68 (Debian)
Page title: Free Haven's Selected Papers in Anonymity
HTTP status: 200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8
TLS issuer: C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=YR1 · valid to Nov 18 09: · subject CN=archives.seul.org
Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-21 22:23:05 UTC

Redirect chain

http://freehaven.net/anonbib/
https://freehaven.net/anonbib/
https://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/

Malware communicating with this URL (1)

These samples were observed contacting or being served from www.freehaven.net. Each links to its full analysis.

AsyncRAT - referenced · 70977d91650a5b8b2eb95deeeb2d6581 · first seen 2026-08-21

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
Certificate issued < 48h ago
Cross-host redirect chain

Detected technologies

Apache

Contacted infrastructure

128.31.0.34 - AS3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)

Observed indicators

www.freehaven.net
www.lcs.mit.edu
researcher.watson.ibm.com
stinet.dtic.mil
world.std.com
www.ovmj.org
www.eskimo.com
www.chaum.com
www.semper.org
dud.inf.tu-dresden.de
www.zurich.ibm.com
www.cs.ucsb.edu
research.microsoft.com
www.cs.toronto.edu
kuro.cis.ibaraki.ac.jp
www.nec.com
ecommons.library.cornell.edu
csrc.nist.gov
www.cs.cornell.edu
www.cl.cam.ac.uk

Questions about www.freehaven.net

Is www.freehaven.net safe?: The scan of www.freehaven.net on 21 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score 2). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.
What malware is associated with www.freehaven.net?: 1 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including AsyncRAT.
How was www.freehaven.net 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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