themirror.co.uk

We performed a comprehensive analysis of themirror.co.uk on 2026-06-28. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 18723ms. The page is served over HTTP/2 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 390 KB, and the site is served behind a CDN (Content Delivery Network). Warning: The website does not have a valid SSL certificate. Visitors may see security warnings in their browser, and data transmitted to and from this website is not encrypted. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 35/100 (below average). The following security headers are properly configured: Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options. However, the site is missing Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy, which could expose the site and its users to cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, and other web-based attacks. Our technology detection scan identified 7 technologies across 5 categories powering themirror.co.uk. The detected stack includes Google Analytics 4, Hotjar, Amplitude, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, reCAPTCHA v3, and Amazon CloudFront. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, themirror.co.uk receives an overall trust score of 58/100, classified as "Caution Advised".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, themirror.co.uk receives a trust score of 58/100, which places it in the "Caution Advised" category. This score is calculated by evaluating multiple factors including SSL certificate validity, domain registration history, email authentication protocols, security header configuration, and blacklist status across major threat intelligence databases. The analysis identified several positive trust signals: a valid HTTPS connection protecting data in transit. Areas of concern include: missing Referrer-Policy, potentially leaking URL information to third parties, the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity, and DNSSEC is not enabled, leaving DNS queries vulnerable to spoofing attacks. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked themirror.co.uk against 8 major blacklist databases including Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank, Urlhaus, Openphish, Dnsfilter, Spamhaus Dbl, Surbl, and Virustotal. The domain passed all 8 checks with a clean status, meaning it has not been flagged for phishing, malware distribution, spam, or other malicious activities by any of the tested threat intelligence providers.

Our technology detection engine scanned themirror.co.uk and identified 7 distinct technologies across 5 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. Analytics: Google Analytics 4, Hotjar, and Amplitude — tracks visitor behavior and provides traffic insights for themirror.co.uk. Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager — manages marketing and analytics tags without code changes for themirror.co.uk. Advertising: Meta Pixel — handles advertising pixel tracking and conversion measurement for themirror.co.uk. Security: reCAPTCHA v3 — provides security features like bot detection and CAPTCHA for themirror.co.uk. CDN: Amazon CloudFront — accelerates content delivery by caching assets at edge locations worldwide for themirror.co.uk. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Tag Manager container GTM-M3TH25P and Hotjar Site ID 122479. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

themirror.co.uk resolves to the IPv4 address 54.220.178.209, but does not support IPv6. IPv6 adoption is increasingly important as IPv4 address space becomes exhausted, and some ISPs and regions are transitioning to IPv6-only connectivity. The domain has 2 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 4 name servers: ns-1081.awsdns-07.org, ns-1709.awsdns-21.co.uk, ns-450.awsdns-56.com, and ns-852.awsdns-42.net. Having 4 name servers provides good redundancy — if one fails, the others can continue serving DNS queries. The choice of name servers often indicates the DNS hosting provider or CDN service being used. SPF is not configured, meaning any server could potentially send emails pretending to be from this domain. This is a significant email security concern. DMARC is not configured, leaving the domain vulnerable to email spoofing and phishing attacks that impersonate this domain. DKIM was not detected. Without DKIM, recipients cannot cryptographically verify that emails claiming to be from this domain are authentic. DNSSEC is not enabled for themirror.co.uk. While not critical for most websites, DNSSEC adds an important security layer by ensuring DNS responses haven't been tampered with during transit. Enabling DNSSEC is recommended for domains handling sensitive data or financial transactions. Our subdomain enumeration scan discovered 1 active subdomains for themirror.co.uk: www.themirror.co.uk. Active subdomains can reveal the organization's infrastructure, including development environments, API endpoints, and third-party service integrations.

The title tag for themirror.co.uk is well-optimized at 57 characters: "Sunday Mirror - News, views, pictures, video - The Mirror". The length falls within the ideal range for Google search results, ensuring the full title is displayed without truncation. No meta description is configured for themirror.co.uk. This is a critical SEO oversight — without a meta description, Google will auto-generate a snippet from page content, which may not accurately represent the page or entice users to click. Adding a unique, compelling meta description of 120-155 characters is strongly recommended. The canonical url is correctly set to https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/sunday-mirror, preventing duplicate content issues, the page language is declared as en, the meta robots directive is set to noarchive, and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 4/4 recommended fields: OG title ("Sunday Mirror - News, views, pictures, video - The Mirror..."), OG description, OG image (social sharing thumbnail), OG type (website). These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol.