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

Is udn.com safe to use?

udn.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does udn.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. udn.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1, expiring in 192 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the udn.com domain?

udn.com is 27.8 years old, registered on 9/10/1998 through Network Solutions, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has udn.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

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

Is udn.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

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

Where is udn.com hosted?

udn.com resolves to an IP operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. 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.

Is udn.com a well-known website?

Yes. udn.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.

SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is udn.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 95/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official 27-year-old news portal of Taiwan's United Daily News Group with clean scans and active company registration.

Why we trust it

Domain registered in 1998 and operated by a Taiwan-registered company with active business records since 2000.Zero detections across 92 malware engines and clean hosting IP reputation.Professional news portal layout with real-time content and established branding.

udn.comScanned 9h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Score breakdown

Heuristics 100·MT 92

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Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 28 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

28 years old

Registered Sep 10, 1998

Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

udn.com

1Professional news portal layout with established branding for United Daily News (udn.com)

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

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.

/ 100

Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The website appears to be a legitimate, fully-rendered news portal with professional design and standard media industry features.

Visual risk15/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional news portal layout with established branding for United Daily News (udn.com)

Functional navigation menu with categories like politics, entertainment, and sports

Real-time news ticker displaying current events and timestamps

High-quality, contextually relevant imagery for news articles

Prominent promotional banner for a 'Diamond Festival' event with specific dates

Standard user interface elements including search and login icons

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

Analysis

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain udn.com was registered in 1998 and belongs to 聯合線上股份有限公司, a Taiwan-registered company with an active business license since 2000. No antivirus engines flagged the site and the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports. The page renders as a full news portal with navigation, real-time headlines, and standard media features. The company itself has publicly warned users about copycat scam sites impersonating udn.com, confirming this is the genuine domain. Independent review sites rate it as legitimate and the associated mobile app carries strong user ratings.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site displays a professional news portal layout for United Daily News with category navigation, a live news ticker, and high-quality article imagery. A promotional banner advertises a specific 'Diamond Festival' event. No login forms, countdown timers, or data-harvesting elements appear on the page.

Infrastructure

The site loads from IP 23.203.184.191 with a clean abuse score of 0/100 and no reported incidents. SSL certificate is valid from DigiCert with 192 days remaining. No redirects beyond a single same-domain hop and no malicious scripts detected by our malware engines.

Domain History

Registered on 1998-09-10 through Network Solutions, LLC, making the domain 27.8 years old. The domain is not privacy-protected and is directly linked to 聯合線上股份有限公司 (unified business number 70763439), registered in Taiwan since 2000 with 270 million TWD capital.

Web Reputation

Our research found two scam reports, both from the company itself warning about copycat websites impersonating udn.com. Two positive mentions appear: one review aggregator states the site is 'very likely not a scam but legit and reliable' and the udn News mobile app holds 4.4-4.6 star ratings. No consumer complaints or fraud reports were located for the actual domain.

What this means for you

This is the genuine news website of an established Taiwanese media company. Users can safely browse articles and use normal site features without elevated risk.

Risk Factors

The company has documented multiple copycat scam sites impersonating udn.com to defraud users.

Positive Signals

Domain registered in 1998 and operated by a Taiwan-registered company with active business records since 2000.
Zero detections across 92 malware engines and clean hosting IP reputation.
Professional news portal layout with real-time content and established branding.
Company publicly warns users about impersonator sites, confirming this is the official domain.

AI Recommendation

Browse the site normally for news content. Be aware that copycat scam sites exist and always verify you are on udn.com before entering any account details.

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

Business registration

Active · Taiwan

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 scam reports · 2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain udn.com registered 1998-09-10, age ~27.8 years; operated by 聯合線上股份有限公司 (unified ID 70763439, Taiwan).
Official news portal of United Daily News Group (聯合報系), launched 1999; one of Taiwan's largest media groups with print roots since 1951.
ScamAdviser states 'very likely not a scam but legit and reliable'; high Tranco ranking (~500).
Site and official Facebook page issued statements warning of copycat websites that clone content, logo, and design to scam users (June 2026).
Wikipedia and Reuters note UDN as established Taiwanese newspaper with pan-Blue editorial lean; 2022 trust rating ~46% in survey; involved in 2023 forged document controversy (no charges against reporter).
Mobile app (udn News) has 4.4-4.6 star ratings on Google Play/App Store with millions of downloads; some user complaints about app stability/crashes.
No widespread scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative Trustpilot/ScamDoc listings found for the domain itself; company listed on public Taiwan business registries as active.

Scam reports (2)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

udn.comopen
"聯合新聞網已對此違法侵權網站已蒐證，並擬循法律途徑追訴。為免網友遭詐騙，特此聲明，「聯合新聞網」網站正確網址為（https://udn.com/）"
Facebook myudnopen
"近日網路上出現不肖人士擅自將「聯合新聞網」網站內容複製的網站，除了整個網站商標、LOGO、內容與樣式設計，都與「聯合新聞網」網站一模一樣外，另有虛構"

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

ScamAdviseropen
"In summary, udn.com is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable."
Google Play udn News appopen
"UDN app is my go-to Taiwanese news outlet."

Business registration

Status: active · Taiwan

聯合線上股份有限公司 (udn.com Co., Ltd.), unified business number 70763439, registered 2000-02-02 (or 2000-02-15 per some records), address 新北市汐止區大同路一段369號3樓, capital 270,000,000 TWD. Parent: United Daily News Group.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research located two scam reports, both issued by the United Daily News company warning readers about fraudulent copycat websites. Two positive references were found: one review aggregator describes udn.com as 'very likely not a scam but legit and reliable' and the udn News mobile app maintains 4.4-4.6 star ratings with millions of downloads. No consumer complaints or fraud reports were found for the actual domain.

Domain Timeline

Sep 10, 1998
Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 28 years old today.
Jul 7, 2026
Latest security review — Reviewed as safe
This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

udn.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 ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Technical Details

domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referenced

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

Age28 years old

RegistrarNetwork Solutions, LLC

RegisteredSep 10, 1998

ExpiresSep 9, 2031

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerDigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1

ExpiresJan 16, 2027 (192d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAkamai Technologies, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servernginx

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://udn.com/
2200https://udn.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAkamai Technologies, Inc.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 udn.com and not a lookalike like u-dn.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
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
Open

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·udn.com

SAFE

udn.com is the official website of United Daily News, a major Taiwanese newspaper group. The domain is 27.8 years old, hosted on clean infrastructure, and the company is registered in Taiwan with an active business record.

Browse the site normally for news content. Be aware that copycat scam sites exist and always verify you are on udn.com before entering any account details.

AV engines

MT passes

Net signals

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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 udn.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
udn.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. udn.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1, expiring in 192 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
udn.com is 27.8 years old, registered on 9/10/1998 through Network Solutions, 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 udn.com as clean.
No. udn.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
udn.com resolves to an IP operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. 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.
Yes. udn.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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