Security Scan Report: sosc.ust.hk

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https://sosc.hkust.edu.hk/
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Submitted: Aug 27, 2026, 11:09:43 PMCompleted: Aug 27, 2026, 11:11:49 PMpubliccompleted

This website contacted 8 IPs in 2 countries across 7 domains to perform 167 HTTP transactions. The main domain is sosc.hkust.edu.hk and was registered 14 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://sosc.ust.hk

Effective URL:

https://sosc.hkust.edu.hk/
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The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #263,760 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 92%

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Risk Score

The page appears to be a legitimate university site with no malicious indicators.

Safety Factors (5)
Educational institution domain (hkust.edu.hk)
No malicious signals from threat intel
No suspicious external links
Standard search form only
Clear university branding and contact information
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Home | Division of Social Science - HKUST

Scan Type

public

Domain Name Analysis

Within the Hong Kong country-code top-level domain (.hk), 'sosc.ust.hk' is registered with subdomain 'sosc'. The core label 'ust' covers 3 characters containing 1 vowel alongside 2 consonants. It segments into 1 word: ust. Expect 3 characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

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Security scan screenshot of https://sosc.ust.hk

Page Load Overview

38.45s
Total Load Time
6.9 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:80%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:3,002 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

education45% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

education
45%
education learning
27%
forum
20%

Detected Features

No structural features detected

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
27142.251.110.97Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
20143.89.5.54Taikoo Shing, Eastern District, Hong Kong
AS3363Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
20142.251.14.97Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
20104.17.24.14Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
20192.178.183.102Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
20143.89.111.112Sai Kung, Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
AS3363Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
20216.239.32.36Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
20216.239.34.36Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
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Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T15C33822150F8243B015365E0B675B72FABC3E897DB4B0A00B6FC46E94FDAD65CC5392A

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

768:783jQ4qw76cy3D+nicbg4IFodUM7zworsy7wO:72ry3C7IFodUMHwo4ZO

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:54193:OAiQVUsRAAyjYCgGqbJIggEAmgDgNBnAkdYIohhagUoQZM8UJugqAR8kMMFQCiYITYQCFMYLWHCwAKkHKgAQBlFhDlJnkDQB

These hashes enable detection of similar websites and malware variants by comparing content similarity even when exact matches aren't found.

Image Hashes

Perceptual Hashes

Average Hash:00ffffffffe0c0c0
Perceptual Hash:e39c764b2d16611e
Difference Hash:2d00102c53c10507
Wavelet Hash:00ffffffff000000
Color Hash:#878bc5

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