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Is app.specula.live safe?

http://app.specula.live/

52/100
Moderate Risk

Analysis coverage: strong · 2 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

Specula Live web app clean but tied to app with CSAM complaints

app.specula.live is the login portal for Specula Live, a live-streaming platform. Technical checks show no malware or phishing, but independent reports document child sexual abuse material on the associated mobile app.

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No antivirus detections across 92 engines
Avoid creating accounts or using the service until the operator demonstrates effective content moderation. The web login is technically safe but the platform carries high operator risk.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

app.specula.live is the login portal for Specula Live, a live-streaming platform. Technical checks show no malware or phishing, but independent reports document child sexual abuse material on the associated mobile app.

What the site appears to do

The captured page displays the Specula logo, tagline about watching or being 'weird stuff', and a Google sign-in button for what is described elsewhere as a live-streaming community app.

Decisive evidence

VirusTotal, Safe Browsing, TLS, and IP reputation all clean. Domain 472 days old with no malicious detections. However, a November 2025 Google Play complaint explicitly accuses the Specula Live app of broadcasting CSAM on livestreams.

Practical user impact

The web portal itself poses no direct technical threat. Users signing in grant access to a service whose mobile version has documented serious content-moderation failures that could expose viewers or participants to illegal material.

Why the score is 52

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Antivirus Engines

Fresh result

No detections across 92 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
92
All 92 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
app.specula.live
What our review noticed on this page
1Dark-themed page with pink Specula logo and prominent Continue with Google button

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →

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Visual analysis

No scam visual patterns were identified

Dark-themed page with pink Specula logo and prominent Continue with Google button

0/100 visual risk

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Dark-themed page with pink Specula logo and prominent Continue with Google button

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. 1

    What the site claims

    Specula

  2. 2

    What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. 3

    What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. 4

    What remains unverified

    3 of the five core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Content

Unknown

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Web research findings

Independent findings for app.specula.live, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
1 scam report
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Google Play support threadopen

    "Specula Live is allowing Child Sexual Abuse Material to be broadcast on it's livestreams."

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗
Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

Domainapp.specula.live
Redirects toapp.specula.live
Hosted byHetzner Online GmbH
Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · fonts.gstatic.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Apr 13, 2025
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.3 years old today.

  2. Jul 30, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age1.3 years old
RegistrarPorkbun LLC
RegisteredApr 13, 2025
ExpiresApr 13, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresOct 17, 2026 (78d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingHetzner Online GmbH
Server locationDE
Web servernginx/1.31.3

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1308http://app.specula.live/
  • 2206https://app.specula.live/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPHetzner Online GmbH
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

fonts.googleapis.comfonts.gstatic.com

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
Limited coverage

Some evidence sources did not complete, and those gaps remain visible below.

Saved checks from Jul 30, 2026
AntiviruscompleteBrowser threat feedcompletePage contentpartialAnalysispartialVisual evidenceunavailable

Technical threat

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result: 0 of 92 engines flagged
Completed
No adverse finding
Freshness: fresh · Jul 30, 2026
Browser protection
Result: No browser threat-list match
Completed
No adverse finding
Page content
Result: Page fetched · HTTP 200
Limited
No saved finding
Visual evidence
Result: 1 visible observation saved with the page capture
Completed
No adverse finding
Independent research
Result: 1 independent finding were saved
Completed
Adverse

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  • Analyst recommendation

    Avoid creating accounts or using the service until the operator demonstrates effective content moderation. The web login is technically safe but the platform carries high operator risk.

  • Treat app.specula.live as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  • Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  • Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

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    Open
Final verdictLevel 3 of 5
52/100 safety

Moderate Risk

Specula Live web app clean but tied to app with CSAM complaints

app.specula.live is the login portal for Specula Live, a live-streaming platform. Technical checks show no malware or phishing, but independent reports document child sexual abuse material on the associated mobile app.

  1. 01

    The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating.

  2. 02

    No Google browser threat warning

  3. 03

    No antivirus detections across 92 engines

Avoid creating accounts or using the service until the operator demonstrates effective content moderation. The web login is technically safe but the platform carries high operator risk.
Saved page capture
Evidence balance5 signals
Positive
3
Limited
1
Risk
1
Analysis coverage
78%
strong coverage
Core capabilities
2/5
completed checks
Source coverage
4/5
sources complete
Evidence checks
0/8
completed checks flagged
Technical threatNot confirmed50/100 risk
Operator / customer riskNot confirmed50/100 risk
Safety range

Saved evidence only. Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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08 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is app.specula.live a scam or is it safe?
There isn't enough evidence yet for us to give app.specula.live a confident verdict, so treat it with caution. The domain is 1.3 years old. Until it can be independently verified, don't enter passwords, card details, or send money, and confirm the company through channels you find yourself rather than links on the site.
Is app.specula.live safe to use?
app.specula.live has a Safety Score of 52/100 (Moderate Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 78%. Do not trust blindly; analysis may be limited.
Has app.specula.live been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report app.specula.live as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is app.specula.live on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — app.specula.live is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the app.specula.live domain?
app.specula.live is 1.3 years old, registered on April 13, 2025 through Porkbun LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does app.specula.live have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — app.specula.live presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, valid for another 78 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is app.specula.live hosted?
app.specula.live resolves to an IP operated by Hetzner Online GmbH in DE (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the app.specula.live report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on July 30, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about app.specula.live has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.