www.youtube.com - URL scan, 23 Aug 2026
MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned www.youtube.com and returned a benign verdict (score 0). The page resolved to 142.251.154.4 on GOOGLE - Google LLC, US in US. The domain was registered 7859 days ago through MarkMonitor Inc.. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 427 malware samples communicate with this URL. This is a point-in-time observation from 23 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.
Scan result
- Verdict: benign (score 0) · Confidence 15%
- Scanned URL:
https://www.youtube.com/player_api - Domain: www.youtube.com · IP: 142.251.154.4 · AS15169 · US
- Server: ESF
- HTTP status: 200 · text/javascript; charset=utf-8
- Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. · domain age 7859 days · created 2005-02-15
- TLS issuer: C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WR2 · valid to Oct 28 20: · subject CN=*.google.com
- Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-23 18:08:26 UTC
Malware communicating with this URL (427)
These samples were observed contacting or being served from www.youtube.com. Each links to its full analysis.
- daa983e293ac73e993b8e1f3471b25fe5003363623cb912f854ae5623fb83652 - referenced ·
daa983e293ac73e993b8e1f3471b25fe· first seen 2026-08-23 - 4b1e8d031aa6f64441b6adb117c7f0d41f250f639f408629e7ff0b2ee4977647 - referenced ·
4b1e8d031aa6f64441b6adb117c7f0d4· first seen 2026-08-23 - 47a6652a7137f2d5b3c0f17b9f5bffc48287155e51a6c7d4d9b7f56c2ef41e59 - referenced ·
47a6652a7137f2d5b3c0f17b9f5bffc4· first seen 2026-08-23 - 5bc4876b1f1e4f5b36d21bf3ef0cf85385e30a85fd06fff818c785e48e8d0b46 - referenced ·
5bc4876b1f1e4f5b36d21bf3ef0cf853· first seen 2026-08-23 - 3d18c0408e713aff38c9490509c3afd434e5498cf5531ca4f44be41d0f2bffd3 - referenced ·
3d18c0408e713aff38c9490509c3afd4· first seen 2026-08-23 - ca9a457a10d9b9ae64bf80d9cec74f6cdfd94c5aeb541293b15a437cec245d8f - referenced ·
ca9a457a10d9b9ae64bf80d9cec74f6c· first seen 2026-08-23 - d1e12153f8d1f493391d78066f0f618a783ec8ac243933325d3eda1f67ed2a96 - referenced ·
d1e12153f8d1f493391d78066f0f618a· first seen 2026-08-23 - 60a2d56405db50a127bf85028bd4eda22e29063120e0ffd016ed4763be39f26a - referenced ·
60a2d56405db50a127bf85028bd4eda2· first seen 2026-08-23 - e0391e56501ed46965bba8f096456b0df23c2cd3164ab5aeb413fd8bc5e74870 - referenced ·
e0391e56501ed46965bba8f096456b0d· first seen 2026-08-23 - 3d488c21d06b0a0b447f8c5152ebff78a3c36a44a6dc3ce5cf3a0efe2c516956 - referenced ·
3d488c21d06b0a0b447f8c5152ebff78· first seen 2026-08-23 - 1ed8bb7b5d0f377f478a6da25724876729c7e29b369f84ebbe902bf897f47679 - referenced ·
1ed8bb7b5d0f377f478a6da257248767· first seen 2026-08-23 - 7d10e286245551f8f81de5ad62eec294108044641bbeeac73feb2c0b50fbd604 - referenced ·
7d10e286245551f8f81de5ad62eec294· first seen 2026-08-23 - 5bc22f7aa55edab78b3f801b3db69eccbd5d1ca95133c185af1bd04d0e8610ac - referenced ·
5bc22f7aa55edab78b3f801b3db69ecc· first seen 2026-08-23 - 380ccb397ef46829cdb5ed3e579ad063025cadd07e19d1e9a958dcb9521b001e - referenced ·
380ccb397ef46829cdb5ed3e579ad063· first seen 2026-08-23 - 090652ef56ffc74950fa51068041462dc3a1b5e3ae3fb37dab865a8b317d5280 - referenced ·
090652ef56ffc74950fa51068041462d· first seen 2026-08-23
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
Contacted infrastructure
- 142.251.154.4 - AS15169 GOOGLE - Google LLC, US (US)
Observed indicators
- www.youtube.com
- 142.251.154.4
- https://www.youtube.com/player_api
Other scans of www.youtube.com (10)
This host has been scanned before. Each scan is a separate observation, so a verdict here does not carry over to the others.
- 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://deshdunya.com/blogimage/file/96657463789.pdf - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77399895396.pdf - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://www.oracle.com/java/weblogic/ - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/resumes/mevupuxapiledowitire.pdf - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/19824824677.pdf - 24 Aug 2026 - suspicious ·
https://naatsihwp.org.au/ - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/19824824677.pdf - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://tessa.ru/Repository/file/15363697785.pdf - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://tessa.ru/Repository/file/15363697785.pdf - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://www.o-i.com/
Questions about www.youtube.com
- Is www.youtube.com safe?
- The scan of www.youtube.com on 23 Aug 2026 found no evidence of harm. That is the absence of a finding at one point in time, not a guarantee: a page can change, and a scan only sees what it was served.
- What malware is associated with www.youtube.com?
- 427 analysed samples communicate with this URL.
- How was www.youtube.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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