Verdict
poisknews.ru appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Russian-language science and technology news portal featuring current research headlines, health and biology coverage, educational explainers, scientist biographies, a scientific calendar, and long-form articles. The page includes publication navigation, author attribution, social channels, and about/contact sections, with no visible high-risk interaction or financial solicitation. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 28 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 19993684 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 1999.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is an established Russian-language science and technology news publication presenting current research reporting, health and biology coverage, educational explainers, scientist profiles, and long-form editorial articles supported by audience engagement and publication-related activity.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No identity contradictions, phishing indicators, brand impersonation, malicious reputation findings, or deceptive financial solicitations were observed. The homepage provides substantial dated editorial content with named authorship, while its long domain and archival history strongly support continuity rather than a recently created or repurposed operation.
- The domain registration record shows registration on 8 October 1998 (~27.84 years old) through RU-CENTER-RU, with expiration on 31 October 2026.
- The web archive contains 3,684 snapshots spanning 17 January 1999–28 July 2026 (28 years tracked), with no detected suspicious repurposing or semantic drift.
- The homepage contained no login form, hidden form, sensitive-data form, cryptocurrency feature, or wallet interaction.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections, no search-browser security hit, no external blacklist finding, and no reported abuse associated with the observed address.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site presents an editorial news model rather than a regulated financial, investment, payment, or crypto service, so no sector-specific financial license is indicated by its stated activities. Publication navigation includes About, Authors, and Contact and Cooperation sections, and the supplied homepage attributes and dates its articles. No conflicting legal-entity names or unsupported regulatory claims were identified.
- The homepage categorizes its offering as science and technology news and displays author attribution, publication dates, article reading times, and editorial navigation.
- The homepage offers informational content without deposits, payments, financial products, or requests for sensitive credentials.
- The hosting infrastructure is served from AS12616 (HOSTING-MSK – Citytelecom LLC, RU).
- The site’s transport encryption uses a DV TLS certificate issued by YR1, valid until 30 August 2026.
What to Verify Next
For decisions involving health, medicine, or other consequential scientific claims, individual articles should be checked against the cited primary research and relevant institutional guidance. Prospective commercial partners should confirm publication and editorial contacts through the site’s established About and Contact and Cooperation sections.
- The homepage includes health and medicine reporting on subjects such as Alzheimer’s disease, statin-associated pain, nutrition, sleep, and obesity.
- The publication provides dedicated navigation for its authors, educational material, careers, support programs, and scientific calendar.
- The homepage identifies official social presences on Dzen, Telegram, Max, and VK.
Summary Verdict
The website is legitimate, established, and trustworthy, with strong convergence among historical continuity, substantive editorial publishing, clean external reputation, and coherent identity signals. Normal interaction, including account login and standard use where offered, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
Cloudflare CDN/WAF protection is reported for the site, with the sole observed address, 78.110.50.180, classified as an edge endpoint rather than an origin candidate. This reduces direct origin exposure and provides a meaningful technical mitigation, although protective infrastructure alone is not evidence of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Prospective users may engage with the publication normally, while applying ordinary source-checking standards when relying on consequential editorial claims.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-03 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 55/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 60% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of poisknews.ru.
- The request stayed on poisknews.ru. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under RU-CENTER-RU. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by com., across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-10-31. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 1999-01-17. Clear
- It is hosted on HOSTING-MSK, from a server in RU. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | RU-CENTER-RU |
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| Hosting | HOSTING-MSK - Citytelecom LLC, RU |
| Country | RU |
| Server IP | 78.110.50.180 |
| Name servers | marlowe.ns.cloudflare.com., tanner.ns.cloudflare.com. |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-08-30 |
| Domain age | 27.8 years |
| Domain expiry | 2026-10-31 |
| Archive first seen | 1999-01-17 |
| Archive snapshots | 3684 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about poisknews.ru at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.