SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is cbslocal.com legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Established CBS local news site with 20-year domain history and zero malicious detections.

Cross-checked against 9 independent sources — none raised a concern
cbslocal.comScanned Jul 15, 2026
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 92
Screenshot of cbslocal.comSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 21 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
21 years old
Registered Aug 28, 2005

Website Preview

Screenshot of cbslocal.com
SCAN-TIME CAPTURE
cbslocal.com

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

0
/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The screenshot shows a legitimate news article from a recognized media outlet with no indicators of malicious activity or scam patterns.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

2 signals

The page displays a standard news article from CBS News regarding local events in Atlanta.

The content appears to be a legitimate news report featuring a security camera image of wildlife.

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain has been registered since 2005 and is operated by a major media corporation. All security engines returned clean results with no blocklist hits. The page content matches legitimate CBS News reporting on local Atlanta events. Business registration confirms active ownership by Paramount Skydance. No scam reports or complaints appear in our research. These factors together indicate a long-standing, legitimate news property.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered in 2005 and continuously operated for nearly 21 years.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklist status.
  • Active business registration tied to Paramount Skydance Corporation.
  • Page content matches official CBS News reporting with no scam patterns.
  • Hosting IP shows zero abuse reports and clean reputation.
The full analysis

Page Content

The screenshot shows a standard CBS News article covering local Atlanta events with a security camera image of wildlife. The layout and branding align with the official CBS television station network. No suspicious forms, login prompts, or unusual calls to action are present.

Infrastructure

The site resolves to IP 151.101.193.188 with an abuse score of zero and no reported incidents. SSL is valid and issued by Sectigo Limited. Our sandbox and antivirus network both returned clean results across 92 engines.

Domain History

The domain was registered on 2005-08-28 through MarkMonitor Inc., giving it an age of 20.9 years. No privacy masking is applied. The long registration period and established registrar are consistent with a major media brand.

Web Reputation

Our research found zero scam reports, zero complaints, and confirmed business registration in the United States under Paramount Skydance Corporation. The domain is explicitly listed as the legitimate digital property for CBS-owned local stations. No clone indicators were detected.

What this means for you

This is a long-established, legitimate news site operated by CBS. You can safely browse articles and access local station content without concern for malware or fraud.

AI Recommendation
Browse normally. This is an official CBS local news site with a long, clean history.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cbslocal.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · United States
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • cbslocal.com is a legitimate domain operated by CBS News and Stations (a division of Paramount Skydance Corporation).
  • The site serves as a digital hub for local CBS-owned television stations, providing regional news, weather, and sports coverage.
  • The domain has been in use for over two decades as part of the CBS digital media infrastructure.
  • There is no evidence of the domain being used for scams or malicious activity; it is a well-established media brand.
  • Content on the site is associated with major, verified CBS television stations such as KCBS-TV (Los Angeles) and WCBS-TV (New York).
Business registration
Status: active · United States

CBS Local is a digital media division of CBS News and Stations, which is part of the Paramount Skydance Corporation.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for cbslocal.com and didn't find scam reports or complaints. The domain is confirmed as the legitimate digital property of CBS-owned local television stations.

Domain Timeline

  1. Aug 28, 2005
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 21 years old today.

  2. Jul 15, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

cbslocal.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Not queried
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

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.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age21 years old
RegistrarMarkMonitor Inc.
RegisteredAug 28, 2005
ExpiresAug 28, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36
ExpiresDec 16, 2026 (154d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingFastly, Inc.
Server locationUS
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://cbslocal.com/
  • 2200https://www.cbsnews.com/cbslocal/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPFastly, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

What to do

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on cbslocal.com and not a lookalike like c-bslocal.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·cbslocal.com
SAFE

cbslocal.com is the official local news portal for CBS-owned television stations. The domain is over 20 years old, carries clean security scans, and belongs to Paramount Skydance Corporation.

Browse normally. This is an official CBS local news site with a long, clean history.

AV engines
92
Domain age
21 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on cbslocal.com, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, and the domain is 20.9 years old, registered on August 28, 2005 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • cbslocal.com passed our automated checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from cbslocal.com), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from cbslocal.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report cbslocal.com 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.
  • No — cbslocal.com 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.
  • cbslocal.com is 20.9 years old, registered on August 28, 2005 through MarkMonitor Inc.. 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.
  • Yes — cbslocal.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36, valid for another 154 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".
  • cbslocal.com resolves to an IP operated by Fastly, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). 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.
  • Yes — cbslocal.com ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 15, 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 cbslocal.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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