Speed tests and the Zulu URL Risk Analyzer

TL;DR

According to the Zulu URL Risk Analyzer all speed tests tested are benign.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

Safety is the end result of all security and privacy measures. It is therefore a derivative, but not unimportant, feature of any website, including online speed tests.

This is one of many tests we run to get an idea of the safety of speed tests.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we visit the homepage of the speed test and check the safety with Zscaler's Zulu URL Risk Analyzer.

The Zulu URL Risk Analyzer is launched January 2012 and gives an overall ranking of Benign, Suspicious or Malicious, but also include details of elements that went into the overall score.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, all speed test used in earlier tests (the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir) will be tested.

Due to the subject we also test TestMyInternetSpeed. This is a crappy website which, under the guise of -we offer a speed test- only wants to obtain as many page views as possible.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest Benign, 0/100
  2. Bandwidth Place Benign, 0/100
  3. Bredbandskollen Benign, 0/100
  4. Broadband Speed Checker Benign, 0/100
  5. Cloudflare Benign, 0/100
  6. Comparitech Benign, 0/100
  7. DSLReports Benign, 12/100
  8. Fast Benign, 0/100
  9. Fireprobe Benign, 0/100
  10. Google Fiber Benign, 0/100
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance Benign, 0/100
  12. LibreSpeed Benign, 23/100
  13. M-Lab Benign, 0/100
  14. Meter.net Benign, 0/100
  15. N Perf Benign, 0/100
  16. Ookla Speedtest Benign, 0/100
  17. Open Speed Test Benign, 0/100
  18. SamKnows Benign, 0/100
  19. SpeedCheck Benign, 0/100
  20. SpeedOf.me Benign, 15/100
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page Benign, 15/100
  22. SpeedSmart Benign, 0/100
  23. Speedtest4.PHP Benign, 0/100
  24. TestMyInternetSpeed Benign, 0/100
  25. TestMy.net Benign, 5/100
  26. Toast Benign, 0/100
  27. Which Broadband Speed Test Benign, 0/100
  28. Xfinity xFi Speed Test Benign, 0/100

Some examples

Some examples of test results are:

Zscaler's Zulu URL Risk Analyzer states that the Ookla homepage is benign (score 0/100)

Zscaler's Zulu URL Risk Analyzer states that the SpeedOf.me homepage is benign (score 15/100)

Zscaler's Zulu URL Risk Analyzer states that the LibreSpeed homepage is benign (score 23/100)

 

Conclusions

According to the Zulu URL Risk Analyzer all speed tests tested are benign.