Our automated security review found no threat indicators on cern.ch. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is cern.ch safe to use?

cern.ch passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does cern.ch have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. cern.ch presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36, expiring in 162 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has cern.ch been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report cern.ch as clean.

Is cern.ch on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. cern.ch is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is cern.ch hosted?

cern.ch resolves to an IP operated by CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research in CH (usage type: University/College/School). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

Is cern.ch a well-known website?

Yes. cern.ch sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

How often is the cern.ch report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cern.ch have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is cern.ch legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

CERN's official domain — a legitimate, internationally-recognized research institution with 70+ years of operational history and no fraud indicators.

Why we trust it

Intergovernmental organization established by international treaty in 1954 with 25 Member States.Zero malicious detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklists.Valid SSL certificate from Sectigo; hosting IP has zero abuse reports.

cern.chScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 100·MT 95

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 99% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

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

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LIVE RENDER

cern.ch

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

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

CERN is a well-established intergovernmental organization founded in 1954 and operates under public international law with 25 Member States. Our antivirus network shows zero malicious detections across 92 engines, and the domain carries a clean reputation with no abuse reports on its hosting IP. The site holds valid SSL certification and ranks in the global top-100k by traffic. Our research found no scam reports, complaints, or fraud accusations against cern.ch — only CERN's own published security advisories warning its users about external phishing attacks. Business registration data confirms CERN's legal status as an active intergovernmental organization with Swiss IDE registration. The .cern TLD is restricted exclusively to CERN, and the domain has been in continuous use since at least the 1990s.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The homepage displays CERN's official branding, navigation to research divisions (physics, accelerators, experiments), news, and events. The page loads legitimate institutional content including information about the Large Hadron Collider, antimatter research, and educational programs like Beamline for Schools. No phishing forms, credential harvesting, or malware payloads are present.

Infrastructure

Hosting IP 188.184.77.250 has an abuse score of 0/100 with zero reported incidents. SSL certificate issued by Sectigo (a major certificate authority) is valid with 162 days remaining. The domain redirects to home.cern as its primary public-facing site, a standard configuration for institutional domains.

Domain History

CERN.ch has been registered since at least the 1990s and operates under the exclusive .cern top-level domain, which is restricted to CERN by international agreement. The organization was established by the CERN Convention in 1953 and began operations in 1954.

Web Reputation

Zero detections across our antivirus network and browser blocklists. No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found in web searches, consumer-review aggregators, or community forums. CERN maintains an active Computer Security team that publishes phishing warnings and blocks hundreds of thousands of email threats annually targeting its own users — a sign of a security-conscious organization.

Positive Signals

Intergovernmental organization established by international treaty in 1954 with 25 Member States.
Zero malicious detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklists.
Valid SSL certificate from Sectigo; hosting IP has zero abuse reports.
Exclusive .cern TLD restricted to CERN; domain in continuous use since the 1990s.
Active Computer Security team publishing phishing advisories and blocking threats.

AI Recommendation

This is a safe, legitimate site. You can visit CERN.ch and its subdomains with confidence. If you receive emails claiming to be from CERN asking for credentials or payment, verify the sender's address independently — CERN publishes phishing warnings for attacks targeting its users.

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 cern.ch, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Switzerland

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

7 headline facts from open-web research

cern.ch is the official domain of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research / Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire), an intergovernmental organization founded in 1954 operating the largest particle physics laboratory.
CERN hosts the World Wide Web's birthplace (info.cern.ch); main public site is home.cern.
No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews found for cern.ch across web searches, Reddit, or review sites.
CERN maintains an active Computer Security team that publishes advisories on phishing attacks targeting its users and blocks hundreds of thousands of email threats annually.
Searches for "cern.ch scam", "cern.ch phishing", or complaints returned only CERN's own security warnings and internal discussions, not accusations against the domain.
Domain is restricted: .cern TLD registrations are exclusive to CERN; cern.ch has been in use since at least the 1990s.
Operates with 25 Member States; has legal personality and privileges/immunities under international agreements.

Business registration

Status: active · Switzerland

Intergovernmental organization established by 1953 Convention; legal personality in Member States; operates under public international law; Swiss IDE registration exists

Research summary

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

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, Reddit, and general web sources for cern.ch and found zero scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews. Searches for 'cern.ch scam' or 'cern.ch phishing' returned only CERN's own published security advisories warning its users about external phishing attacks — not accusations against the domain itself. Business registration data confirms CERN's legal status as an active intergovernmental organization with Swiss IDE registration and privileges under international law.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

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.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers1954-2026

Postal addressPresent

Linked social profiles4

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No contact email found anywhere on the page.

Phone number listed (1954-2026).
Postal address visible on the page.
Links to 4 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36

ExpiresNov 24, 2026 (162d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research

Server locationCH

Web serveropenresty/1.27.1.2

Platform / CMSWordPress

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1302http://cern.ch/
2200https://home.cern/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research

Usage typeUniversity/College/School

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 cern.ch and not a lookalike like c-ern.ch.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.
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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 ↗

Referenced Domains

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

home.cern fonts.googleapis.com visit.cern careers.cern cernandsocietyfoundation.cern alumni.cern cerncourier.com arts.cern instagram.com linkedin.com youtube.com facebook.com linktr.ee

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, 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 cern.ch. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
cern.ch passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. cern.ch presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36, expiring in 162 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report cern.ch as clean.
No. cern.ch is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
cern.ch resolves to an IP operated by CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research in CH (usage type: University/College/School). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
Yes. cern.ch sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cern.ch have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·cern.ch

SAFE

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is the world's largest particle physics laboratory, an intergovernmental organization established by international treaty in 1954. The domain cern.ch is its official site, operates with valid SSL and clean security scans, and has no scam reports or complaints.

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