Security Review

Is qualcomm.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

Qualcomm.com is the long-established official domain of the multi-billion dollar technology giant Qualcomm Incorporated, showing zero signs of fraud.

qualcomm.comScanned 2h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 100·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
38 years old
Registered Jul 7, 1988
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 100% 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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Visual Screenshot 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.

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/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The screenshot shows a professionally designed, fully-rendered corporate website for Qualcomm with no visual indicators of scamming or phishing.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional high-quality layout with consistent Qualcomm branding and logo

Standard corporate navigation menu with Products, Applications, and Developer sections

High-resolution original photography and typography consistent with a major tech brand

Functional UI elements including a carousel slider and accessibility widget

No urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or suspicious data collection forms visible

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain was registered in 1988, making it one of the oldest and most established addresses on the internet. Our analysis shows a professional corporate infrastructure with high-quality branding and no malicious indicators across 92 antivirus engines. The site is the primary digital home for a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: QCOM) with verified business registrations in Delaware and California. While the company itself warns of external scammers impersonating their recruiters on other platforms, this specific domain is the legitimate source of truth. Global traffic rankings and extensive independent employee reviews further confirm its authenticity.
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Page Content

The website features a high-end corporate layout with sections for products, developer tools, and company news. Our page analyzer found no urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or suspicious data collection forms.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on dedicated corporate infrastructure with a clean IP reputation and zero abuse reports. Although the initial scan hit an HTTP endpoint, the domain is managed by a top-tier corporate registrar and supports modern security standards.

Domain History

Registered on July 7, 1988, this domain has nearly four decades of continuous history. It is owned by Qualcomm Incorporated and is used globally for their official business operations.

Web Reputation

The domain maintains a massive footprint of positive signals, including thousands of employee reviews on major career platforms and a high global traffic index. It is widely recognized as a safe, authoritative technology resource.
Risk Factors
1
  • None detected for this official corporate domain.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age of over 13,800 days (registered in 1988).
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus and security engines.
  • Official website of a major publicly traded company (NASDAQ: QCOM).
  • High-quality professional design with consistent global branding.
  • Verified business registration and physical headquarters in San Diego, CA.
AI Recommendation
You can safely use this website for official business, product information, or career applications. Always ensure you are on the exact 'qualcomm.com' domain before entering any sensitive information.
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 qualcomm.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
38 yrs
Registered Jul 1988
Business registration
Active · United States
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
3 scam reports · 3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain registered July 7, 1988 (over 37 years old), managed by MarkMonitor.
  • Official website of Qualcomm Incorporated, a major publicly traded semiconductor and wireless technology company (NASDAQ: QCOM) founded in 1985 in San Diego, CA.
  • Company maintains dedicated fraud alert pages warning about recruitment scams, phishing, and fraudulent domains like qualcommtechnology.com that impersonate them.
  • Scamadviser verdict: "very likely not a scam but legit and reliable" with positive indicators including high Tranco rank, valid SSL, and age.
  • Employee review sites (Glassdoor 3.8/5 from ~11k reviews; Indeed and others) show mixed but generally positive feedback on culture, benefits, and work.
  • Past regulatory actions include 2016 SEC FCPA settlement ($7.5M) and FTC antitrust case, but these are unrelated to the website being fraudulent.
  • Trustpilot has 43 reviews; no widespread consumer scam reports found for the official qualcomm.com domain itself.
Scam reports (3)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Qualcomm Official Siteopen

    "We have identified incidents of fraudsters impersonating Qualcomm talent acquisition and recruitment managers. ... official correspondence will only come from an authorized @qualcomm.com or @qti.qualcomm.com email address."

  • Qualcomm Official Siteopen

    "The domain qualcommtechnology.com has been used in furtherance of fraudulent activity including ordering laptops. ... Qualcomm Incorporated has gained control of the fraudulent domain qualcommtechnology.com."

  • Redditopen

    "UPDATE: Qualcomm Global Security classified it as a scam."

Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Scamadviseropen

    "In summary, qualcomm.com is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable."

  • Glassdooropen

    "Qualcomm has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 10,990 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there."

  • Trustpilotopen

    "Join the 43 people who've already reviewed Qualcomm."

Business registration
Status: active · United States

Qualcomm Incorporated, incorporated in Delaware (original certificate 1991, amended), headquartered in San Diego, CA (5775 Morehouse Drive). Publicly traded (NASDAQ: QCOM). Subsidiary: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We found that qualcomm.com is the official domain for Qualcomm Incorporated, founded in 1985. Independent review aggregators and employee platforms like Glassdoor show thousands of verified interactions confirming its legitimacy. The company actively maintains fraud alert pages to warn users about external phishing attempts that use similar-looking names, further demonstrating their commitment to security.

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.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age38 years old
RegistrarMarkMonitor Inc.
RegisteredJul 7, 1988
ExpiresJul 6, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Hosting & Technology
HostingQualcomm, Inc.
Server locationUS
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPQualcomm, Inc.
Usage typeCommercial

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 qualcomm.com and not a lookalike like q-ualcomm.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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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

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 qualcomm.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • qualcomm.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.
  • qualcomm.com is 38.0 years old, registered on 7/7/1988 through MarkMonitor Inc.. 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 qualcomm.com as clean.
  • No. qualcomm.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • qualcomm.com resolves to an IP operated by Qualcomm, Inc. in US (usage type: Commercial). 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. qualcomm.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.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 1, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around qualcomm.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·qualcomm.com
SAFE

This is the official website for Qualcomm Incorporated, a major global semiconductor and wireless technology company. The domain is over 36 years old and is a verified, legitimate corporate entity. You can safely browse this site and interact with its official content.

You can safely use this website for official business, product information, or career applications. Always ensure you are on the exact 'qualcomm.com' domain before entering any sensitive information.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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