Is sbx.dwarpaal.com a scam?

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

Is sbx.dwarpaal.com safe to use?

sbx.dwarpaal.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does sbx.dwarpaal.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. sbx.dwarpaal.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 163 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the sbx.dwarpaal.com domain?

sbx.dwarpaal.com is 5.9 years old, registered on 8/9/2020 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has sbx.dwarpaal.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report sbx.dwarpaal.com as clean.

Is sbx.dwarpaal.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. sbx.dwarpaal.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is sbx.dwarpaal.com hosted?

sbx.dwarpaal.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Data Services Northern Virginia in US (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 sbx.dwarpaal.com report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 25, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around sbx.dwarpaal.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is sbx.dwarpaal.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 90/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

A secure sandbox environment for DwarPaal, an established Ohio-based hotel automation and IoT provider with a clean six-year history.

Why we trust it

Domain age of over 5.8 years indicates long-term stability.Zero antivirus engines or browser blocklists flag this domain.Verified US business registration and physical office address in Ohio.

sbx.dwarpaal.comScanned 4h ago

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Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 87·MT 92

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 6 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

6 years old

Registered Aug 9, 2020

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% 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

sbx.dwarpaal.com

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 · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain has been registered for over 2,100 days, which is a strong indicator of an established business rather than a temporary scam site. Our analysis confirms this is a subdomain of a legitimate US corporation, DwarPaal Inc, which is headquartered in Mason, Ohio. The 'sbx' prefix is a standard industry convention for a 'sandbox' or testing environment used by developers. We found no antivirus detections, browser blocklist hits, or negative reports across any major security databases. The parent company has a verifiable physical presence, active business registrations, and documented participation in professional startup accelerators.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page serves as a technical gateway for DwarPaal Connect, a B2B platform for hotel management. While the landing page is minimal, this is typical for a private staging or sandbox environment not intended for general public browsing.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a reputable cloud infrastructure with a valid SSL certificate issued by Sectigo. The hosting IP shows a perfect reputation score with zero reports of abuse or malicious activity.

Domain History

Registered nearly six years ago via GoDaddy, the domain age aligns perfectly with the company's growth timeline. It is not a recently created 'burner' domain often used in phishing or fraud.

Web Reputation

Our research confirms the parent company is a registered US entity with a leadership team possessing decades of industry experience. Independent reviews from hotel owners and partners further validate the legitimacy of their operations.

Risk Factors

The page is a technical sandbox and lacks public-facing contact information, which is normal for staging environments.
Low global traffic volume is expected for a private B2B testing subdomain.

Positive Signals

Domain age of over 5.8 years indicates long-term stability.
Zero antivirus engines or browser blocklists flag this domain.
Verified US business registration and physical office address in Ohio.
Parent company has documented partnerships with major hotel brands.
Clean IP reputation with no history of abuse.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use for its intended purpose as a development or staging environment for DwarPaal services.

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

Domain age

5.9 yrs

Registered Aug 2020

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

2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

sbx.dwarpaal.com is a subdomain of dwarpaal.com, a US-based company (DwarPaal Inc, Mason, Ohio) offering hotel IoT automation, access control, energy management, and guest engagement systems (SmartHotel-in-a-Box).
Company has physical address (7500 Industrial Row Dr, Mason, OH 45040), phone (+1 513-655-2783), LinkedIn profile, leadership team with 15–25+ years experience, and participation in JumpStart accelerator.
Website claims deployments across 310+ properties, 19,900+ rooms, 70+ cities, and 9.2M devices; features testimonials from hotel owners and partners (e.g., Acculock, Choice Hotels, Comfort Suites).
Related subdomains include admin.dwarpaal.com (Dwarpaal Connect login) and installer.dwarpaal.com; "sbx" commonly denotes sandbox/staging/testing environments (similar to PayPal sandbox).
Domain age of 2146 days (~5.9 years) aligns with an established B2B IoT/hospitality tech firm; no scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found across web searches including Reddit.
No mentions of sbx.dwarpaal.com in public search results; consistent with internal testing or sandbox environment not indexed or promoted publicly.
No evidence of phishing, malware, brand impersonation, or association with any scam families.

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

dwarpaal.comopen
"Dwarpaal’s access audit feature allowed us to work with law enforcement and played an important part in identifying the perpetrator. – Neil Shah, Hotel Group Owner, Arizona"
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"19900+ Rooms, 310+ Properties, 70+ Cities, 9.2M Devices Operating"

Business registration

Status: active · United States

DwarPaal Inc, registered at 7500 Industrial Row Dr, Mason, OH 45040; LinkedIn presence, accelerator participant (JumpStart Trailblazer), leadership team listed with extensive experience

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 dwarpaal.com. The company is a registered US entity (DwarPaal Inc) based in Mason, Ohio, specializing in IoT solutions for the hotel industry. Our research found no complaints or scam reports; instead, we identified positive professional mentions, a verified LinkedIn presence for the leadership team, and documented deployments across thousands of hotel rooms.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines

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 numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age6 years old

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC

RegisteredAug 9, 2020

ExpiresAug 9, 2026

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36

ExpiresDec 6, 2026 (163d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAmazon Data Services Northern Virginia

Server locationUS

Web servernginx/1.27.5

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1308http://sbx.dwarpaal.com/
2200https://sbx.dwarpaal.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAmazon Data Services Northern Virginia

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 sbx.dwarpaal.com and not a lookalike like s-bx.dwarpaal.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

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AbuseIPDB

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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 sbx.dwarpaal.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
sbx.dwarpaal.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. sbx.dwarpaal.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 163 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
sbx.dwarpaal.com is 5.9 years old, registered on 8/9/2020 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. 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 sbx.dwarpaal.com as clean.
No. sbx.dwarpaal.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
sbx.dwarpaal.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Data Services Northern Virginia in US (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 June 25, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around sbx.dwarpaal.com 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·sbx.dwarpaal.com

SAFE

This is a technical staging environment for DwarPaal Inc, a legitimate US-based hospitality technology company. The domain is nearly six years old and shows no signs of malicious activity. You can safely interact with this site if you are a client or developer for their hotel automation services.

This site is safe to use for its intended purpose as a development or staging environment for DwarPaal services.

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