Verdict
spamhaus.org 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 | Official Spamhaus pages describing DNS/IP/domain reputation services, blocklists, research, statistics, and tools for network protection and community threat submissions. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- 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 | 27 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by WE1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
Spamhaus is an established security and research website presenting DNS and IP reputation services, blocklists, threat-intelligence resources, research statistics, community reporting tools, and commercial data and network-protection services for internet infrastructure operators.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed: there is no indication of phishing, brand impersonation, malicious content, or confirmed blacklist activity. The homepage presents a coherent informational and threat-intelligence purpose, with substantive coverage of blocklists, reputation research, and network protection rather than an implausible or inconsistent commercial proposition. A login form is present, but the available analysis found no sensitive form, hidden form, untrusted submission destination, wallet activity, or credential-exfiltration behavior. The site's long-established registration and strong external traffic footprint further support an established-site interpretation, although they do not independently prove the real-world operator identity.
- The homepage is titled “Strengthening trust and safety across the internet” and is categorized as informational security and research content, with no red flags detected.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious detections, zero suspicious detections, no malicious safe-browsing result, and no blacklist hit.
- The domain was registered on 1999-10-01 and is recorded as 26.89 years old.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides About, History, “Who Is Spamhaus?”, Research, Contact, and Login pathways, presenting a coherent organizational and service structure. The available evidence is consistent with an apparently legitimate established organization, but the real-world operator identity is not independently verified. No license claim or registration number is supplied in the examined site material; for a security-information provider this is a regulatory-transparency point to clarify rather than evidence of a scam. The registration record associates the domain with Spamhaus IP Holdings SLU and identifies NOM-IQ Ltd dba Com Laude as registrar, which provides useful administrative context without constituting independent legal verification.
- The registration record lists Spamhaus IP Holdings SLU as the organization and NOM-IQ Ltd dba Com Laude as registrar.
- The site's transport encryption uses a valid DV TLS certificate issued by WE1, expiring 2026-11-10.
- Confirmed technical hosting evidence records service through AS13335, CLOUDFLARENET—Cloudflare, Inc., US.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an enterprise or prospective customer should independently confirm the contracting entity and any applicable service terms through the site's About, Contact, and terms or privacy materials. Where a regulated service is being purchased or relied upon, the relevant jurisdictional registry should be checked for any applicable authorization requirement. Payment arrangements should be reviewed for clear counterparty details, refund or service-termination provisions, and available payment-protection mechanisms.
- The homepage links to About, Research, Contact, and Login areas, providing defined channels for identity and service review.
- The described business model includes free resources alongside commercial datasets, APIs, and network-protection subscriptions, making contractual terms relevant to any paid engagement.
- The site presents a dedicated organizational history and “Who Is Spamhaus?” pathway that can be used for independent entity matching.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is high trust and low risk, and the available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website. The convergence of substantive content, durable public presence, clean reputation signals, and sound technical controls supports normal informational use, while the operator-identity assessment remains qualified rather than proven.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by an AWS CDN/WAF, and observed addresses resolve to CDN edge infrastructure rather than an exposed origin address. This reduces direct origin exposure and is a mitigating security control, but CDN/WAF protection is not itself proof of organizational legitimacy.
- Infrastructure evidence records hosting through AS16509, AMAZON-02—Amazon.com, Inc., US.
- Two observed addresses were identified as CDN edge servers, with zero likely origin IP candidates.
Closing Assessment
Normal informational use is proportionate to the assessed posture; before submitting credentials or making payments, ordinary independent checks of merchant identity, applicable terms, return or service-termination provisions, and payment protection should be completed.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-17 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 | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 76/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 38% |
- Trusted social count=2
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 spamhaus.org.
- The request stayed on spamhaus.org. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under NOM-IQ Ltd dba Com Laude. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by spamhaus.org, across 6 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-10-01. Noted
- It is hosted on CLOUDFLARENET, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | NOM-IQ Ltd dba Com Laude |
|---|---|
| Hosting | CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 104.16.198.238 |
| Name servers | hideyoshi.spamhaus.org, musashi.spamhaus.org, hideyoshi.spamhaus.com, hideyoshi.spamhaus.net, musashi.spamhaus.com, musashi.spamhaus.net |
| SSL issuer | WE1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-10 |
| Domain age | 26.89 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2026-10-01 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| 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 spamhaus.org 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.