Security Review

Is weibocdn.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 93/100

Official Weibo media infrastructure used for hosting videos and images with a clean security record and verified corporate ownership.

weibocdn.comScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 88·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
8 years old
Registered Mar 12, 2018
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 98% 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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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
Our analysis confirms this domain is an integral part of the Sina Weibo infrastructure, one of the largest social media platforms in China. The domain has been registered since 2018 and is managed via the same nameservers as the primary weibo.com site. Technical scans show zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and a clean reputation for the hosting IP address. The page title translates to 'Weibo File Platform,' which aligns with its technical function as a media delivery endpoint. We found no reports of malicious activity or fraud associated with this domain across any security databases.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

The page serves as a technical landing for the Weibo File Platform (微博文件平台). It contains minimal text and a reference to 'wbvideo,' which is consistent with its role as a backend server for video content rather than a user-facing storefront.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on infrastructure belonging to the Sina/Weibo network in China. It utilizes a high-grade SSL certificate from DigiCert and shows no signs of malicious redirects or unauthorized scripts.

Domain History

Registered in March 2018, the domain has a long-standing history of over 3,000 days. It is officially linked to Weibo Corporation (Nasdaq: WB), a publicly traded company, and is used by various open-source media downloaders to fetch legitimate social media content.

Web Reputation

The domain maintains a perfect reputation across our antivirus network and major browser blocklists. It is widely recognized by developers and security researchers as a standard CDN endpoint for the Weibo ecosystem.
Risk Factors
2
  • Minimal public-facing contact information, though typical for a backend CDN domain.
  • The landing page is primarily in Chinese, which may be unfamiliar to international users.
Positive Signals
5
  • Official CDN for a major, publicly traded social media corporation (Weibo).
  • Zero detections across 92 different antivirus engines.
  • Domain age exceeds 8 years with consistent ownership records.
  • Verified association with the sina.com.cn nameservers.
  • Clean IP reputation with no history of abuse reports.
AI Recommendation
This domain is safe. It is a technical component of the Weibo social media network and does not pose a threat to users.
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 weibocdn.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
8.3 yrs
Registered Mar 2018
Business registration
Active · China
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
15 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • weibocdn.com is explicitly listed as a domain associated with Weibo (Sina Weibo), the major Chinese microblogging/social media platform.
  • Used extensively for video and media hosting; common subdomains include f.video.weibocdn.com, dm.video.weibocdn.com, gslb.video.weibocdn.com for serving Weibo videos and images.
  • WHOIS: Registered 12 March 2018 (3021+ days old matches provided age), expires 12 March 2027, nameservers ns1-4.sina.com.cn, status clientTransferProhibited/clientUpdateProhibited.
  • No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews found across web searches, Reddit, GitHub, or review sites.
  • Frequently referenced in open-source tools, userscripts, downloaders, and GitHub issues as a legitimate Weibo CDN endpoint (e.g., greasyfork scripts connect to it, yt-dlp/gallery-dl handle its m3u8 videos).
  • Weibo Corporation (Nasdaq: WB) is a publicly traded Chinese company headquartered in Beijing, formerly tied to Sina Corporation.
  • Page title "微博文件平台" translates to "Weibo File Platform," consistent with official file/media storage/CDN use.
Business registration
Status: active · China

Registered to Sina/Weibo infrastructure (nameservers ns*.sina.com.cn); domain created 2018-03-12, expires 2027-03-12, registrar Xin Net Technology Corporation

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for weibocdn.com and found no scam reports or complaints. Instead, our research identified the domain as a legitimate media hosting platform for Weibo Corporation. It is widely used by tools like yt-dlp and various browser scripts to access video streams, and its registration data is tied directly to the official Sina Weibo corporate network.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines
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 numbers12002058
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 (12002058).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age8 years old
RegistrarXin Net Technology Corporation
RegisteredMar 12, 2018
ExpiresMar 12, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerDigiCert, Inc. · GeoTrust G2 TLS CN RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1
ExpiresNov 21, 2026 (154d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingChinaTelecom Group Beijing Ltd,Co
Server locationCN
Web servernginx
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPChinaTelecom Group Beijing Ltd,Co
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 weibocdn.com and not a lookalike like w-eibocdn.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 ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

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 weibocdn.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • weibocdn.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 93/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. weibocdn.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert, Inc. · GeoTrust G2 TLS CN RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1, expiring in 154 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • weibocdn.com is 8.3 years old, registered on 3/12/2018 through Xin Net Technology Corporation. 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 weibocdn.com as clean.
  • No. weibocdn.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • weibocdn.com resolves to an IP operated by ChinaTelecom Group Beijing Ltd,Co in CN (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. weibocdn.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.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·weibocdn.com
SAFE

This is a legitimate Content Delivery Network (CDN) domain owned by Weibo Corporation, used to host and serve video and image files for the Sina Weibo social media platform.

This domain is safe. It is a technical component of the Weibo social media network and does not pose a threat to users.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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