Is cedarbureau.digital safe?
http://cedarbureau.digital/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 0 of 5 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 92 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research · not run: did not fully complete
54-day-old Instagram growth agency with zero contact details, no business registration, and no verifiable client history.
A newly-registered Instagram growth service with no verifiable business presence, no contact information, and no online reputation. The site offers rapid custom websites ($500 in 7-14 days) to Gulf region brands but shows no legitimate operational footprint.
Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 44/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 1 finding pulled the score down.
What pulled the score down
- ReasonThe saved scan found evidence of harm
What pushed the score up
No supporting finding was saved with this report.
This report saved its reasons without a severity for each one, so they are listed as saved. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Cedar Bureau presents itself as an Instagram growth and website-management service targeting Gulf region businesses, but exhibits multiple red flags typical of low-effort service scams. The domain is only 54 days old and has no verifiable business registration, physical address, phone number, or email contact on the site itself. The associated Instagram account (@cedarbureau.digital) has only 6 followers and zero engagement on 13 posts, contradicting claims of expertise in Instagram growth. No scam reports, client reviews, or positive mentions appear anywhere online — a complete absence of reputation for a service business claiming to operate in a specific region. The hosting IP carries a moderate abuse score (33/100) with 21 prior abuse reports. The site's promise of custom websites in 7-14 days for $500 is a common pattern in quick-turnaround service scams targeting small businesses unfamiliar with realistic timelines.
Page Content
The site claims to offer Instagram growth management and custom website design for Gulf region brands. The homepage title is 'Cedar Bureau — Instagram Growth & Management' with a meta description promising premium growth services. However, the page body is nearly empty — only the title text appears in the first 2000 characters. No service details, pricing breakdown, team information, case studies, or client testimonials are visible. The site loads Google Fonts but no substantive content.
Infrastructure
Domain registered 54 days ago via NameCheap with privacy protection disabled. Hosting IP 185.158.133.1 has an abuse score of 33/100 and 21 prior abuse reports, indicating a shared or previously-compromised server. SSL certificate is valid (Google Trust Services issuer) with 35 days remaining. The site is not indexed in global traffic rankings, suggesting minimal legitimate traffic or search visibility.
Domain History
The domain cedarbureau.digital is very new (54 days old) and shows no historical web presence. A legitimate business with this name would typically have an established online footprint. The name closely resembles the Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau (cedarbureau.org), a non-profit established in 1915, but the digital domain offers entirely unrelated services and shows no connection to the original organization.
Web Reputation
Zero scam reports, complaints, or positive reviews found across consumer-review sites, Reddit, or general web searches. The associated Instagram account (@cedarbureau.digital) has only 6 followers, 13 posts, and zero engagement (0 likes/comments), which contradicts any claim of Instagram growth expertise. No business registration, company records, or legal entity details located in Gulf/GCC region searches. The complete absence of verifiable business information, combined with the new domain age and zero online reputation, is consistent with a hastily-launched service scam.
Why the score is 44
The saved scan found evidence of harm. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from June 8, 2026
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safebrowsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- PhishLabs - Unrated
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Cedar Bureau — Instagram Growth & Management
- Meta description
We build and manage Instagram pages that attract attention, build trust, and bring in customers. Premium growth services for Gulf region brands.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
- Domaincedarbureau.digital
- Redirects towww.cedarbureau.digital
- Hosted byInternet Utilities Europe and Asia Limited
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · fonts.gstatic.com
Domain Timeline
- Apr 15, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 54 days old when this review was saved.
- Jun 8, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
cedarbureau.digital was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for cedarbureau.digital.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://cedarbureau.digital/
- 2301http://www.cedarbureau.digital/cross-domain
- 3200https://www.cedarbureau.digital/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
04 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | saved result · analysed Jun 8, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Jun 8, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Jun 8, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | No usable visual evidence was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Jun 8, 2026 |
| Independent research | Independent research was not available for this report | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnesssaved result · analysed Jun 8, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Jun 8, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Jun 8, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultNo usable visual evidence was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Jun 8, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultIndependent research was not available for this report
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
06 · 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.
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07 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
54-day-old Instagram growth agency with zero contact details, no business registration, and no verifiable client history.
The written conclusion remains part of the saved report.
A newly-registered Instagram growth service with no verifiable business presence, no contact information, and no online reputation. The site offers rapid custom websites ($500 in 7-14 days) to Gulf region brands but shows no legitimate operational footprint.
08 · Community
Community
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