Square (squareup.com) is a financial services site founded by Jack Dorsey of Twitter. Square’s parent company is Block.

ALTERNATIVES

Similar sites to Square include Seller Community (com), Square (com), Squarespace (account), Shopify, Supercuts, Booksy, Teamup, and Gong (io).

HISTORY

As of December 2023, squareup.com has 39.7 million monthly views. Squareup.com was founded on March 2, 2001. The Internet Archive has saved squareup.com 19,280 times between March 2, 2001 and January 18, 2024.

Is squareup.com Safe?

Here, I analyzed squareup.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:

I checked squareup.com on Sucuri, and it returned as a low security risk. Results: Sucuri scan for squareup.com.

squareup.com Sucuri results

Sucuri says squareup.com is a low security risk; however, it returned a 403 Forbidden status on the URL https://squareup.com/login?lang_code=en-us.

Security hardening flaws:

  • Missing security header to prevent Content Type sniffing. Affected pages:
    https://squareup.com/login?lang_code=en-us
  • Missing Strict-Transport-Security security header. Affected pages:
    https://squareup.com/login?lang_code=en-us

I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on squareup.com, and it is clean. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for squareup.com.

I also checked squareup.com on VirusTotal, and it is clean. Results: VirusTotal scan for squareup.com.

squareup.com VirusTotal results

URLVoid says squareup.com passed all blocklist engines. Results: URLVoid scan for squareup.com.

In conclusion, we graded squareup.com as safe, but it returned a 403 Forbidden site issue and it has several security header issues. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: squareup.com
Twitter: @Square
Facebook: @Square
Instagram: @Square

References

1. SimilarWeb – squareup.com

2. Wayback Machine – squareup.com

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