Critical risk detected
Domain was registered only 9 days ago — brand-new sites are higher-risk by default. Our security stack flagged multiple threat indicators on this website. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is openthreatdata.com legit or a scam?
Brand-new threat-intelligence site with zero business registration, no contact details, and no independent verification — high-risk profile for a security platform.
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.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as an OSINT and threat-intelligence platform offering IP lookups, domain analysis, hash checking, and other security tools. However, it exhibits multiple red flags typical of fraudulent or abandoned projects. The domain was registered only 9 days ago, yet claims to operate a mature threat-intelligence service. No company name, operator attribution, legal entity, privacy policy, terms of service, or contact information appears anywhere on the site or in public records. The absence of any business registration, combined with zero web mentions, reviews, or complaints, suggests either a hastily launched scam or an unfinished project. The generic cookie notice and feature descriptions closely mirror established platforms like AlienVault OTX, but without the operational credibility those services have built over years. For a security tool asking users to submit sensitive data (IPs, domains, hashes, emails), the complete lack of transparency about who operates it is a critical trust failure.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for openthreatdata.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered approximately 9 days ago (per provided metadata)
- Website at openthreatdata.com promotes itself as "Open Source Intelligence & Threat Analysis Platform" offering tools to investigate IPs, domains, hashes, emails, URLs, plus features like link tracer, SSL checker, news monitor, MITRE ATT&CK
- No company name, about page, contact information, footer with legal details, privacy policy link (beyond generic cookie notice), terms of service, or operator attribution found on the homepage or subpages
- No reviews, mentions, complaints, scam reports, or independent references to "openthreatdata.com" or "OpenThreatData" appear in web search results
- Generic cookie/privacy notice present: "We value your privacy. We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and analyze site traffic. Your data helps us improve our threat intelligence"
- Name and description closely resemble established open threat intelligence platforms (e.g. AlienVault OTX / Open Threat Exchange) but no direct affiliation or cloning detected
- Newly registered domains are frequently flagged as higher risk in threat intelligence contexts
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, business-registration records, and general web sources for openthreatdata.com and found zero scam reports, complaints, positive reviews, or independent mentions. The site has no verifiable business registration, operator attribution, or public presence. For a newly registered domain this absence of any online footprint is expected, but for a platform claiming to offer security-analysis tools to users, the complete lack of transparency about who operates it and zero community discussion are significant red flags.
Security Scans
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.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1308http://openthreatdata.com/
- 2307https://openthreatdata.com/
- 3200https://www.openthreatdata.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with openthreatdata.com
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.
- OpenShare your experience
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 openthreatdata.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — openthreatdata.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. openthreatdata.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, expiring in 80 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- openthreatdata.com is 9 days old, registered on 5/29/2026 through NameCheap, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. openthreatdata.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- openthreatdata.com resolves to an IP operated by Vercel, Inc in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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