Verdict
video.ibm.com 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 | GPT summary status=degraded | GPT summary call failed: HTTP error from GPT: 429 Too Many Requests { "error": { "message": "You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.", "type": "insufficient_quota", "param": null, "code": "insufficient_quota" } } |
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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 | 40 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by DigiCert EV RSA CA G2 | 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).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is IBM Video Streaming, a content-service site that presents online video-streaming functionality to visitors and appears intended to support hosted or delivered video content under the IBM Video branding. Its presentation is consistent with an established service, although the real-world operator identity is not independently verified by the available evidence.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No phishing, impersonation, malicious-reputation, or conflicting-identity contradictions were observed. The homepage and supporting behavioral telemetry are consistent with a stable content site: no hidden forms, external password forms, wallet-drainer behavior, clipboard hijacking, cloaking, or suspicious inline scripts were detected. Automated analysis did flag DOM mutations and a final-destination mismatch as suspicious behavioral indicators, but these were not accompanied by a broader abuse pattern and do not alter the high-trust assessment. The IBM Video Streaming presentation remains evidence-consistent rather than independently proving the operator’s real-world identity.
- Domain registration records show registration in 1986, supporting a long-established domain history.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with no phishing-reputation hit.
- The homepage completed two successful behavioral runs; no hidden forms, external password forms, wallet activity, or clipboard-write activity was observed.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The available page evidence identifies the service as IBM Video Streaming but does not independently establish the legal operating entity, licensing position, or any sector-specific authorization. This is a verification matter rather than evidence of deception. The surrounding technical and reputational signals are strongly consistent with an established website: the domain uses CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. as registrar, the transport certificate is an extended-validation certificate issued by DigiCert, and server telemetry identifies IBM Cloud infrastructure. No matching third-party broker-reputation record was identified; that contextual signal is not a legal or regulatory determination.
- Domain registration: registered 1986-03-19 and approximately 40.42 years old; registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Server telemetry: hosted on AS36351 (SOFTLAYER - IBM Cloud, US).
- TLS certificate: issued by DigiCert EV RSA CA G2, validation level EV, valid to 2027-02-21 23:59:59 UTC.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an independent check should confirm the responsible legal entity through an authoritative corporate or sector registry, where relevant. The applicable terms, service conditions, refund or cancellation provisions, and payment protections should also be reviewed, with official support channels confirmed through an independent route rather than relying solely on page-provided contact information.
- The homepage provides the IBM Video Streaming service presentation but does not independently resolve the operator’s legal identity.
- The available page evidence leaves licensing and authorization status to be confirmed through the relevant registry.
- The technical assessment recorded no hidden credential forms or wallet-sensitive interaction during the observed homepage sessions.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is high trust and low risk, with convergent evidence supporting an established, apparently legitimate website and no observed scam or impersonation contradictions. Confidence is moderated only because the real-world operator identity has not been independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by Akamai CDN/WAF infrastructure, with the hosting layer identified as AS16625 (Akamai Technologies, Inc., US); Cloudflare edge infrastructure was also observed. The observed addresses were CDN edge addresses rather than direct origin candidates, which reduces direct exposure of the underlying service and is a mitigating infrastructure signal, not proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary use is proportionate to the assessed posture, while independent checks of operator identity, applicable service terms, and payment protections should precede any credential or payment commitment.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-11 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 | UNKNOWN |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 50/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 30% |
- AI page analysis unavailable (page captured; identity not AI-verified)
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 video.ibm.com.
- The request stayed on video.ibm.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by nsone.net, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-03-20. Noted
- It is hosted on SOFTLAYER, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. |
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| Hosting | SOFTLAYER - IBM Cloud, US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 52.116.123.72 |
| Name servers | DNS1.P05.NSONE.NET, DNS2.P05.NSONE.NET, DNS3.P05.NSONE.NET, DNS4.P05.NSONE.NET |
| SSL issuer | DigiCert EV RSA CA G2 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-02-21 |
| Domain age | 40.42 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-03-20 |
| 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 video.ibm.com 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.