www.youtube.com - URL scan, 21 Aug 2026
MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned www.youtube.com and returned a benign verdict (score 0). The page resolved to 142.251.150.4 on Google LLC in US. The domain was registered 7857 days ago through MarkMonitor Inc.. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 284 malware samples communicate with this URL. This is a point-in-time observation from 21 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: 142.251.150.4 · AS15169 · US
- Server: ESF
- HTTP status: 200 · text/javascript; charset=utf-8
- Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. · domain age 7857 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 2026-08-21 12:23:34 UTC
Malware communicating with this URL (284)
These samples were observed contacting or being served from www.youtube.com. Each links to its full analysis.
- c5d311214e7a917b299ea0b2edd00332b2c6c6a644039f9bb4237cce00235b7b - referenced ·
c5d311214e7a917b299ea0b2edd00332· first seen 2026-08-21 - 4dd437aecf690b41929853479ab375532d05e7a75ee19669efa401eab1625a8c - referenced ·
4dd437aecf690b41929853479ab37553· first seen 2026-08-21 - 5ae103ff5d7ed7c0465a25ca29c1fd2fb3808c1d05b51b11c563eefcb6a037c9 - referenced ·
5ae103ff5d7ed7c0465a25ca29c1fd2f· first seen 2026-08-21 - 6935daf521d6010ecb83e3899e7418d3f18065187dd1ad4c179c943e21733406 - referenced ·
6935daf521d6010ecb83e3899e7418d3· first seen 2026-08-21 - 323f57515ae99a880fea43b6c553816c3e99fee5d8d516a0de6843a8ef3f7bce - referenced ·
323f57515ae99a880fea43b6c553816c· first seen 2026-08-21 - 14bdd32262120f5b6a412d45d5d9f7860180e90f23f2292f986b8224ff29a162 - referenced ·
14bdd32262120f5b6a412d45d5d9f786· first seen 2026-08-21 - 323579aedef9e4bc13a07906930b296a9b74d2dbf7acf8fc8c54b2a46587729e - referenced ·
323579aedef9e4bc13a07906930b296a· first seen 2026-08-21 - 1b7656afd1410c8265ffa237a0747fd1908b04eb991f1424cc15abaf5f37107b - referenced ·
1b7656afd1410c8265ffa237a0747fd1· first seen 2026-08-21 - 93975e9d715b088d09970c96018b854bd16c24bfd6c25687dda21825f04870f5 - referenced ·
93975e9d715b088d09970c96018b854b· first seen 2026-08-21 - a1be19891b68ad0da52007a4aeca67dc004dc1332706c5718628a1a62ea1d833 - referenced ·
a1be19891b68ad0da52007a4aeca67dc· first seen 2026-08-21 - 63c9ccc6bc951ac033945bc48bd56ba5f074b78030b31ac71e5d772f33c10823 - referenced ·
63c9ccc6bc951ac033945bc48bd56ba5· first seen 2026-08-21 - c1a35285e980d2120d76ce8649ab016453fe431223d0cf216b870d81eef7d799 - referenced ·
c1a35285e980d2120d76ce8649ab0164· first seen 2026-08-21 - dfc1ab931304a8732a9ea798d98cc76bf14a8b9a245a7171524aeb0fa4ce0758 - referenced ·
dfc1ab931304a8732a9ea798d98cc76b· first seen 2026-08-21 - dbf1799a0a89c71ea90c7e7af3dec0381180fc99059ca588f13298d460250818 - referenced ·
dbf1799a0a89c71ea90c7e7af3dec038· first seen 2026-08-21 - fd51ba8712a63bc4b9b98bed3dd4223bd160fe043c2c876d16a67c5b73dbf8cb - referenced ·
fd51ba8712a63bc4b9b98bed3dd4223b· first seen 2026-08-21
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
Contacted infrastructure
- 142.251.150.4 - AS15169 Google LLC (United States)
Observed indicators
- www.youtube.com
- 142.251.150.4
- 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://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/ - 24 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress/
Questions about www.youtube.com
- Is www.youtube.com safe?
- The scan of www.youtube.com on 21 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?
- 284 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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