BleepingComputer

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs BleepingComputer

BleepingComputer bleepingcomputer.com

BleepingComputer is a premier destination for cybersecurity news for over 20 years, delivering breaking stories on the latest hacks, malware threats, and how to protect your devices.

Wikidata: technology news and computer help website

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

Top 10K In English

02 · Privacy

What BleepingComputer tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

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   The Hacker News thehackernews.com English 2 trackers

   The Hacker News | #1 Trusted Source for Cybersecurity News

   The Hacker News is the top cybersecurity news platform, delivering real-time updates, threat intelligence, data breach reports, expert analysis, and actionable insights for infosec professionals and decision-makers.

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   Krebs on Security krebsonsecurity.com English No trackers

   Krebs on Security – In-depth security news and investigation

   American journalist specializing in cybersecurity

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   Threatpost threatpost.com English 1 tracker

   Threatpost | The first stop for security news

   Threatpost, is an independent news site which is a leading source of information about IT and business security for hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide.

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   Dark Reading darkreading.com

   cyber security news site

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   The Record therecord.media English 2 trackers

   Cyber Security News | The Record from Recorded Future News

   Stay updated on the latest cyber security news. The Record from Recorded Future News gives exclusive access to leaders, policymakers, and the cyber underground.

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   ZDNET zdnet.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

   News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET - ZDNET

   see all latest

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   heise online heise.de Top 10K English 1 tracker

   heise online – IT news, guides and background information | heise online

   News and forums on computers, IT, science, media and politics. Price comparison of hardware and software as well as downloads at Heise Medien.

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   Ars Technica arstechnica.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

   Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.

   News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.

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   venturebeat.com Top 10K

   American technology news and analysis website

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    Semafor semafor.com English 1 tracker

    Semafor - An intelligent, transparent global news platform for breaking stories, analysis and video

    Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.

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    The Register theregister.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Technology news and analysis | The Register

    All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register

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    TechSpot techspot.com

    computer and tech enthusiast website

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    LWN.net lwn.net English No trackers

    Welcome to LWN.net [LWN.net]

    computing webzine with an emphasis on Unix-like operating systems

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    Engadget engadget.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews

    Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.

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    InfoWorld infoworld.com English 4 trackers

    InfoWorld

    Business technology, IT news, product reviews and enterprise IT strategies.

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    Wired wired.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business | WIRED

    We bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered.

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    PCWorld pcworld.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    PCWorld

    PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.

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    InformationWeek informationweek.com English 3 trackers

    InformationWeek, News & Analysis Tech Leaders Trust

    News analysis and commentary on information technology strategy.

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    PCMag pcmag.com Top 10K English

    English-language computer magazine

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    HuffPost huffpost.com Top 1K English 3 trackers

    HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion

    Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles BleepingComputer’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones BleepingComputer uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what BleepingComputer adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.