Is cuc.edu.eg a scam?

Our automated security review flags cuc.edu.eg as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.

Is cuc.edu.eg safe to use?

No — cuc.edu.eg scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.

Does cuc.edu.eg have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. cuc.edu.eg presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, expiring in 85 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has cuc.edu.eg been flagged by antivirus engines?

9 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged cuc.edu.eg as malicious or suspicious (8 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.

Is cuc.edu.eg on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. cuc.edu.eg is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is cuc.edu.eg hosted?

cuc.edu.eg resolves to an IP operated by LeaseWeb Netherlands B.V. in NL (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.

How often is the cuc.edu.eg report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 5, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cuc.edu.eg have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is cuc.edu.eg legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

A legitimate-looking Egyptian university portal currently flagged by multiple antivirus engines for hosting malware or malicious scripts.

Top reasons

8 antivirus engines including Fortinet and CyRadar flag the site as malicious.Potential server compromise leading to malware distribution.Low global traffic visibility despite being an educational portal.

cuc.edu.egScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

DANGEROUS

Score breakdown

Heuristics 0·MT 40

Category tags

education85% MT confidence

Technical red flags (1)

9 of 92 engines flagged

Positive signals (3)

Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

9/92

Engines flagged this URL

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Suspicious

Moderate likelihood · 85% confidence

DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

9 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (8 outright malicious). Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

cuc.edu.eg

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

Moderate scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust40/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The site presents as an official university portal with detailed academic programs, faculty lists, and social media links. However, 8 out of 92 antivirus engines, including Fortinet and CyRadar, have flagged the domain as malicious or containing malware. The hosting IP has a clean reputation, and the site uses a valid SSL certificate, which often indicates a legitimate site that has been recently compromised rather than a dedicated scam. Because the global traffic index is low and security detections are high, we cannot verify the safety of the current page code. The presence of multiple external scripts from Google and Cloudflare is standard, but the specific engine flags are a significant red flag.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The website is a fully developed portal for City University in Cairo (CUC), featuring sections for Engineering, Physiotherapy, and Mass Communication. It includes specific dates for the 2025/2026 academic year and mentions collaborations with international institutions like the University of São Paulo.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 81.171.18.66 with a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. While the IP itself has no history of abuse reports, the domain is not currently indexed in global traffic rankings, suggesting a limited or localized audience.

Domain History

The .edu.eg extension is a restricted geographic top-level domain usually reserved for verified educational institutions in Egypt. This adds a layer of institutional legitimacy, though the lack of WHOIS data prevents us from verifying the specific registrant details.

Web Reputation

The primary concern stems from our antivirus network, where engines such as ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, and Chong Lua Dao have marked the site as malicious. These detections often point to injected scripts or malicious redirects that may have been added without the administrator's knowledge.

Risk Factors

8 antivirus engines including Fortinet and CyRadar flag the site as malicious.
Potential server compromise leading to malware distribution.
Low global traffic visibility despite being an educational portal.
Lack of public WHOIS data to verify ownership.

Positive Signals

Uses a restricted .edu.eg academic domain extension.
Valid SSL certificate with 85 days remaining.
Comprehensive content including faculty lists, addresses, and social media links.
No history of abuse reports on the hosting IP address.

AI Recommendation

Exercise caution when visiting this site. Do not download any attachments or install software prompted by the page, as multiple security engines have detected malicious activity.

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

Web mentions

No scam reports found

No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst

No specific scam reports or independent reviews were found for this domain, which is typical for a localized educational institution.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live

9 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

8Malicious1Suspicious51Harmless92Engines

of 92

ADMINUSLabs

Malicious· malicious

alphaMountain.ai

Malicious· malicious

Chong Lua Dao

Malicious· malicious

CRDF

Malicious· malicious

CyRadar

Malicious· malicious

Fortinet

Malicious· malware

Lionic

Malicious· malicious

Rising

Malicious· malicious

Forcepoint ThreatSeeker

Suspicious· suspicious

9 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

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

Technical checksdomain · encryption · redirects · server reputation

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

Has a contact email on its own domain

Emails on site's domaininfo@cuc.edu.eg

Phone numbers01222223031

Postal addressPresent

Linked social profiles6

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

Contact email on the site's own domain (info@cuc.edu.eg).
Phone number listed (01222223031).
Postal address visible on the page.
Links to 10 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1

ExpiresSep 28, 2026 (85d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingLeaseWeb Netherlands B.V.

Server locationNL

Web serverKestrel

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://cuc.edu.eg/
2200https://cuc.edu.eg/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPLeaseWeb Netherlands B.V.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Avoid this site

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

Do not interact with cuc.edu.eg
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
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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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

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.

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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 flags cuc.edu.eg as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
No — cuc.edu.eg scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
Yes. cuc.edu.eg presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, expiring in 85 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
9 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged cuc.edu.eg as malicious or suspicious (8 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
No. cuc.edu.eg is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
cuc.edu.eg resolves to an IP operated by LeaseWeb Netherlands B.V. in NL (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 5, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cuc.edu.eg 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·cuc.edu.eg

DANGEROUS

This domain represents City University in Cairo, but it is currently flagged by several security engines for hosting malicious content. While the site appears to be a legitimate educational portal, the presence of malware detections suggests the server may be compromised. Users should avoid downloading files or entering credentials until the security issues are resolved.

Exercise caution when visiting this site. Do not download any attachments or install software prompted by the page, as multiple security engines have detected malicious activity.

AV engines

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