SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is ilsole24ore.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

Official website of Italy's leading financial newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, featuring a 27-year-old domain and perfect security reputation.

ilsole24ore.comScanned 2d ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 95
Screenshot of ilsole24ore.comSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 28 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
28 years old
Registered Jan 11, 1999
Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 100% confidence

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ilsole24ore.com

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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.

5
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The page displays a professional news website layout with standard compliance modals and financial data, showing no visual indicators of a scam.

Visual risk5/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Standard GDPR cookie consent modal in Italian language

Financial ticker showing real-time market indices like FTSE MIB

Professional news layout consistent with Il Sole 24 Ore branding

Functional navigation elements including search and login buttons

Presence of advertising placeholders labeled 'Pubblicità'

Date and location indicator for Milano, 6 Lug 2026

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain has been registered since 1999 and is the verified digital home of a major European financial publication. Our antivirus network shows zero detections across 92 different security engines. The site is operated by a publicly traded company, Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., which is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. Visual analysis confirms a professional news layout with real-time market tickers and standard compliance features. There are no indicators of phishing, malware, or fraudulent activity.
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Page Content

The website serves as a comprehensive news portal focusing on economy, finance, and Italian politics. It features a professional layout with functional navigation, a financial ticker for the FTSE MIB, and standard advertising and cookie consent modules.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable infrastructure with a clean IP reputation and no history of abuse reports. It utilizes a valid TLS certificate issued by GeoTrust, ensuring all data transmitted to the site is encrypted.

Domain History

Registered over 27 years ago in January 1999, the domain shows extreme longevity and stability. It is managed by a professional registrar and has a consistent history of ownership by the Il Sole 24 ORE media group.

Web Reputation

The publication is widely recognized as the most trusted newspaper in Italy according to independent media studies. It maintains a high global traffic rank and is cited as a primary source for financial data by major international organizations.
Risk Factors
1
  • None identified; the site exhibits all characteristics of a high-authority, legitimate media organization.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age exceeds 27 years, indicating long-term stability.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
  • Verified ownership by a publicly traded Italian corporation.
  • High global traffic ranking and top-tier reputation in the finance category.
  • Valid, high-assurance SSL certificate in place.
AI Recommendation
This is a safe and authoritative website. You can safely use it for news, financial research, and account management.
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 ilsole24ore.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Italy
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
2 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain ilsole24ore.com registered January 11, 1999 (over 27 years old)
  • Official website of Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy's leading financial newspaper founded 1965, owned by Confindustria
  • Company: Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., Milan, Italy; stock exchange listed since 2007; 2024 revenues >€214 million, >730 employees
  • Trustpilot: Il Sole 24 ORE Professionale has 4-star rating from 134 reviews; main site has mixed/lower ratings around 1.5/5 in some aggregators
  • No scam reports, complaints, or clone/typosquat indicators found in searches
  • Site publishes articles warning about scams (trading, shopping, CV, etc.); part of established multimedia group with Radio 24, Radiocor, apps
  • High traffic; ranked #1 in Finance-Other category per SimilarWeb; Wikipedia confirms legitimacy and ownership
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Trustpilotopen

    "Do you agree with Il Sole 24 ORE Professionale's 4-star rating ? Check out what 134 people have written so far"

  • en.ilsole24ore.comopen

    "Il Sole 24 Ore confirmed as the most trusted newspaper in Italy for the seventh year"

Business registration
Status: active · Italy

Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., registered office Viale Sarca 223, 20126 Milan; Tax Code/VAT 00777910159, REA Milan 694938; listed on Italian Stock Exchange since 2007; owned by Confindustria

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We conducted a thorough search of scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and business registries for ilsole24ore.com. The site is the verified digital presence of Il Sole 24 ORE S.p.A., based in Milan. We found no scam reports or complaints; instead, we found multiple confirmations of its status as a premier financial news authority. The company is active, transparently owned by Confindustria, and employs over 700 people.

Domain Timeline

  1. Jan 11, 1999
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 27 years old today.

  2. Jul 6, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

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

ilsole24ore.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.

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.

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

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 numbers0 33.33333
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (0 33.33333).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age28 years old
RegistrarAscio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
RegisteredJan 11, 1999
ExpiresNov 17, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerDigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1
ExpiresJan 3, 2027 (181d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationIT
Web servernginx/1.25.5
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://ilsole24ore.com/
  • 2301https://ilsole24ore.com/
  • 3200https://www.ilsole24ore.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoogle LLC
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.

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 ilsole24ore.com and not a lookalike like i-lsole24ore.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

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Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·ilsole24ore.com
SAFE

This is the official website for Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy's premier financial and economic newspaper. It is a highly reputable, long-standing media outlet with no security risks detected. You can browse this site and its financial data with complete confidence.

This is a safe and authoritative website. You can safely use it for news, financial research, and account management.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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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 found no threat indicators on ilsole24ore.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • ilsole24ore.com 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. ilsole24ore.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 181 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • ilsole24ore.com is 27.5 years old, registered on 1/11/1999 through Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report ilsole24ore.com as clean.
  • No. ilsole24ore.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • ilsole24ore.com resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in IT (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.
  • Yes. ilsole24ore.com 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.
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