Looks safe

Automated

It asks you to enter a password. Our automated checks did not find known threat signals on this site at the time of the scan.

What to do

No action needed. Stay alert as usual — a clean result reflects this scan only, and sites can change after they are checked.

A clean result means no known threat signals were found in this scan — it is not an absolute guarantee, and a site can change after it is checked.

Findings

Strongest first
InfoBrand impersonation detected
Google · low

The page presents itself as a known brand (brand keywords/branding detected).

Analyst noteLow/medium confidence (keyword only) — can be a news article or partner page. Corroborate before acting.

InfoCross-domain scripts injected at runtime
8 script(s)

The page dynamically injected scripts from other domains. This is extremely common on legitimate sites (CDNs, analytics, asset domains) and is shown for context only.

Analyst noteNoisy by itself — a CDN/asset domain (e.g. a brand's own *.githubassets.com) is normal. Only meaningful if the source domain is unrelated/suspicious.

File

Stored by the engine

What you download may be live malware. Open it only in an isolated environment, and do not double-click it.

The ZIP is encrypted. Password:infected

Inside the ZIP the file carries a name the engine generated, not the one the page used.

Downloaded fileCleanThe engine stored it under a generated name

SHA-256b3e7cbcbaeade0a9736a0c7eb15512cf7bf6e59fde3cd28e4b76231e1ba13c3d

Infrastructure

IP
104.18.11.201CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US · AS13335US
TLS
CN=WE1, O=Google Trust Services, C=US · expires Oct 21, 2026
Redirects
1 hop · /Ctc/2N+113/d2tykR04/VVThcw3…Zx3HwW2p8v745Wl3Ygf2Zyvh604 → /news/security/new-spirals-r…8706993&utm_source=hs_email

WHOIS

Registrar
MarkMonitor Inc.
Created
May 26, 2021
Expires
May 26, 2027
Nameservers
adi.ns.cloudflare.comjerome.ns.cloudflare.com
15 malicious4 suspicious

Hashes & fingerprints

Page capture

Live

Title “New Spirals ransomware encrypts victim network in under 24 hours” · brand shown: Google (low)

Engines

7 · time to verdict

Page

HTTP
200 · Completed
Title
New Spirals ransomware encrypts victim network in under 24 hours
Load
3.17 s · 78 requests
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