Is nkn.in safe?

suspiciouslow confidence
29/100

context safety score

A score of 29/100 indicates multiple risk signals were detected. This entity shows patterns commonly associated with malicious intent.

identity
50
behavior
80
content
0
graph
30

6 threat patterns detected

medium

encoded payload

suspicious base64-like blobs detected in page content

critical

brand impersonation

The site nkn.in is impersonating the official Indian government website nkn.gov.in (National Knowledge Network). All assets, images, CSS, JS, and navigation links load from nkn.gov.in while the page is served from the lookalike domain nkn.in, which is not a legitimate .gov.in domain. This is a classic government brand impersonation pattern. (location: page.html: entire page, domain nkn.in vs nkn.gov.in)

critical

phishing

The site presents itself as an official Indian Government portal ('भारत सरकार | Government of India', National Emblem, NIC branding) while operating from the non-governmental domain nkn.in. This is designed to deceive users into believing they are on an official government site, a hallmark phishing technique targeting government service users. (location: page.html:64-163, page-text.txt:8)

high

social engineering

The page displays the visitor's real IP address prominently ('Your IP Address: 34.96.45.221') in the top bar. This is a social engineering tactic used to create a false sense of legitimacy, surveillance authority, or to intimidate users into trusting the site as an official government monitoring portal. (location: page.html:77-79, page-text.txt:13)

high

malicious redirect

All navigation links, language switchers, and content links point to nkn.gov.in rather than remaining on nkn.in. Users clicking navigation items are silently redirected to the official government site, which can be used to blend the fake site into legitimate browsing sessions and evade detection while harvesting interactions on the fake domain first. (location: page.html:129,136,186-357)

medium

hidden content

CSS and JavaScript code blocks are rendered as visible text in the page-text.txt extracted content, indicating these style blocks were placed in unusual DOM positions (outside head/body structure, e.g., inline style block at line 81 in body). The <script> block appears before <body> at line 35, outside normal document structure, which can be used to obscure behavior from static scanners. (location: page.html:35-62, page.html:81-108, page-text.txt:18-43)

API

curl https://api.brin.sh/domain/nkn.in

FAQ: how to interpret this assessment

Common questions teams ask before deciding whether to use this domain in agent workflows.

Is nkn.in safe for AI agents to use?

nkn.in currently scores 29/100 with a suspicious verdict and low confidence. The goal is to protect agents from high-risk context before they act on it. Treat this as a decision signal: higher scores suggest lower observed risk, while lower scores mean you should add review or block this domain.

How should I interpret the score and verdict?

Use the score as a policy threshold: 80–100 is safe, 50–79 is caution, 20–49 is suspicious, and 0–19 is dangerous. Teams often auto-allow safe, require human review for caution/suspicious, and block dangerous.

How does brin compute this domain score?

brin evaluates four dimensions: identity (source trust), behavior (runtime patterns), content (malicious instructions), and graph (relationship risk). Analysis runs in tiers: static signals, deterministic pattern checks, then AI semantic analysis when needed.

What do identity, behavior, content, and graph mean for this domain?

Identity checks source trust, behavior checks unusual runtime patterns, content checks for malicious instructions, and graph checks risky relationships to other entities. Looking at sub-scores helps you understand why an entity passed or failed.

Why does brin scan packages, repos, skills, MCP servers, pages, and commits?

brin performs risk assessments on external context before it reaches an AI agent. It scores that context for threats like prompt injection, hijacking, credential harvesting, and supply chain attacks, so teams can decide whether to block, review, or proceed safely.

Can I rely on a safe verdict as a full security guarantee?

No. A safe verdict means no significant risk signals were detected in this scan. It is not a formal guarantee; assessments are automated and point-in-time, so combine scores with your own controls and periodic re-checks.

When should I re-check before using an entity?

Re-check before high-impact actions such as installs, upgrades, connecting MCP servers, executing remote code, or granting secrets. Use the API in CI or runtime gates so decisions are based on the latest scan.

Learn more in threat detection docs, how scoring works, and the API overview.

Last Scanned

March 4, 2026

Verdict Scale

safe80–100
caution50–79
suspicious20–49
dangerous0–19

Disclaimer

Assessments are automated and may contain errors. Findings are risk indicators, not confirmed threats. This is a point-in-time assessment; security posture can change.

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