YARAhub by abuse.ch Detects SocGholish obfuscated variant first observed in July 2022
Verdictmalware
Severitymedium
WEBSITE ANALYSIS REPORT
http://ms.now
public
Report summary
Submitted and final observations · captured HTTP activity
- Submitted URL
- http://ms.now
- Submitted IP / ASN
192.0.66.198 AS2635 · Automattic, Inc
- Final URL
- https://www.ms.now/
- Final IP / ASN
2.22.225.51 AS20940 · Akamai International B.V.
Final page
- Page title
- MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) - US News Today | Breaking News
- Final DOM MIME
- text/html; charset=utf-8
- Final DOM size
- 1.53 MB (1601066 bytes)
Detections
Activity
- HTTP requests
- 165
- Observed hosts
- 24
- Script records
- 181
Estimated HTTP data
- Sent
- ~95.5 KB
- Received
- ~23.19 MB
Page capture
Final browser state
Detection signals
URLQuery findings, Threat Detection Systems, and IDS alerts
Threat Detection Systems
1Host infrastructure
Observed hosts are context, not independent maliciousness verdicts
| Host | Rank | Registered | First seen | Last seen | Sent | Received | IP | Fingerprints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| www-aka.ms.now | N/A | 2025-07-31 | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-18 | 1.4 KB | 0 B | Not recorded | |
| geolocation.onetrust.com | 4022 | 2004-01-12 | 2018-02-07 | 2026-10-12 | 977 B | 760 B |  172.64.155.119 | Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services. HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |
| iteratehq.com | 11576 | 2016-07-16 | 2016-08-14 | 2026-10-13 | 1.2 KB | 1.8 KB | 104.26.6.229 | HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services. |
| www.queryly.com | 69232 | 2011-11-16 | 2012-12-19 | 2026-10-18 | 1014 B | 55.7 KB | 172.67.71.49 | Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services. Microsoft ASP.NET Web frameworks ASP.NET is an open-source, server-side web-application framework designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. |
| embed.bsky.app | 358362 | 2022-09-27 | 2024-04-12 | 2026-10-06 | 461 B | 3.2 KB | 16.58.140.100 | HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |
| www.ms.now 1 alerts | N/A | 2025-07-31 | 2025-11-10 | 2026-07-20 | 62.7 KB | 17.97 MB | 2.22.225.51 | HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. Twitter Widgets Twitter is a 'microblogging' system that allows you to send and receive short posts called tweets. Lightbox JavaScript libraries Lightbox is small javascript library used to overlay images on top of the current page. Yoast SEO:28.5 SEO, WordPress plugins Yoast SEO is a search engine optimisation plugin for WordPress and other platforms. WordPress Site Editor Page builders Full Site Editing enables users to design and customize their entire WordPress website with a block-based editor. Queryly:4 Search engines Queryly is a cloud-based API providing site search and content recommendation functionalities, utilizing advanced algorithms to deliver quick, relevant search results and personalized content suggestions. Amplitude Analytics Amplitude is a web and mobile analytics solution with cross-platform user journey tracking, user behavior analysis and segmentation capabilities. jQuery Migrate:3.4.1 JavaScript libraries Query Migrate is a javascript library that allows you to preserve the compatibility of your jQuery code developed for versions of jQuery older than 1.9. Piano Personalisation Piano is a enterprise SaaS company which specializing in advanced media business processes and ecommerce optimisation. WordPress Block Editor Page builders Sites using the WordPress Block Editor, also known as Gutenberg. jQuery JavaScript libraries jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax. MySQL Databases MySQL is an open-source relational database management system. Yoast SEO Premium:28.5 SEO Yoast SEO Premium is a search engine optimisation plugin for WordPress and other platforms. PHP Programming languages PHP is a general-purpose scripting language used for web development. WordPress:7.0.7 CMS, Blogs WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. |
| www.zeropartyforms.com | N/A | 2025-10-01 | 2025-10-11 | 2026-10-14 | 5.1 KB | 666.5 KB | 104.17.158.113 | Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services. Azure PaaS Azure is a cloud computing service for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. Cloudflare Bot Management Security Cloudflare bot management solution identifies and mitigates automated traffic to protect websites from bad bots. |
| platform.iteratehq.com | 49119 | 2016-07-16 | 2017-06-12 | 2026-10-13 | 482 B | 91.1 KB | 104.26.7.229 | Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services. Amazon Web Services PaaS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud services platform offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality. HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |
| os.fandango.com | 452180 | 1995-08-07 | 2013-05-25 | 2026-09-04 | 2.6 KB | 1.3 KB | 63.140.62.139 | HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |
| ms.now | N/A | 2025-07-31 | 2026-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | 475 B | 273 B | 192.0.66.198 | Nginx Web servers, Reverse proxies Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. |
| www-cf.ms.now | N/A | 2025-07-31 | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-18 | 486 B | 662 B | 3.164.240.114 | Amazon Web Services PaaS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud services platform offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality. Nginx Web servers, Reverse proxies Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. Amazon CloudFront CDN Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds. |
| c2.piano.io | 42235 | 2013-08-04 | 2020-08-09 | 2026-10-12 | 587 B | 3.3 KB | 104.16.144.111 | Cloudflare Bot Management Security Cloudflare bot management solution identifies and mitigates automated traffic to protect websites from bad bots. Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services. HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |
| www.instagram.com | 1133 | 2004-06-04 | 2012-07-24 | 2026-10-12 | 457 B | 66.6 KB |  157.240.200.174 | HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |
| cdn.cookielaw.org | 2972 | 2011-06-20 | 2013-12-28 | 2026-10-12 | 6.0 KB | 754.6 KB | 104.18.86.42 | Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services. HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |
| assets.adobedtm.com | 3051 | 2013-11-22 | 2014-01-28 | 2026-10-12 | 497 B | 980.3 KB |  96.6.17.25 | |
| www.google.com | 22 | 1997-09-15 | 2015-05-10 | 2026-10-11 | 2.2 KB | 56.7 KB | 142.251.150.119 | |
| appcms.asset.viewlift.com | 4698639 | 2014-08-21 | 2025-10-01 | 2026-06-23 | 462 B | 59.3 KB | 3.174.2.43 | Amazon S3 CDN Amazon S3 or Amazon Simple Storage Service is a service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that provides object storage through a web service interface. Amazon Web Services PaaS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud services platform offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality. Amazon CloudFront CDN Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds. |
| fonts.gstatic.com | N/A | 2008-02-11 | 2014-04-02 | 2026-10-11 | 1.1 KB | 80.0 KB | 142.250.178.35 | |
| app.mps.vsnt.net | N/A | 2025-04-01 | 2025-10-14 | 2026-10-07 | 1.2 KB | 288.6 KB | 23.214.96.68 | HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. Apache HTTP Server:2.4.38 Web servers Apache is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software. PHP:7.1.33 Programming languages PHP is a general-purpose scripting language used for web development. Debian Operating systems Debian is a Linux software which is a free open-source software. |
| www.googletagmanager.com | 283 | 2011-11-11 | 2012-10-04 | 2026-10-11 | 475 B | 481.8 KB | 142.250.178.40 | HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |
| www.gstatic.com | 146047 | 2008-02-11 | 2012-05-29 | 2026-10-11 | 2.1 KB | 1.69 MB | 142.250.178.99 | |
| pixel.wp.com | 22824 | 1997-03-28 | 2017-01-30 | 2026-10-12 | 1.2 KB | 498 B | 192.0.76.3 | Nginx Web servers, Reverse proxies Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. |
| stats.wp.com | 22660 | 1997-03-28 | 2017-01-30 | 2026-10-12 | 917 B | 17.5 KB | 192.0.76.3 | Nginx Web servers, Reverse proxies Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. |
| buy.tinypass.com | 47892 | 2007-11-29 | 2013-05-11 | 2026-10-14 | 502 B | 1.2 KB | 104.18.223.248 | Cloudflare Bot Management Security Cloudflare bot management solution identifies and mitigates automated traffic to protect websites from bad bots. Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services. HSTS Security HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. |