Security Scan Report: heraldsun.com.au

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https://www.heraldsun.com.au/
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Submitted: Jun 23, 2026, 11:38:08 PMCompleted: Jun 23, 2026, 11:40:19 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 2 IPs in 1 country across 3 domains to perform 4 HTTP transactions. The main domain is heraldsun.com.au.

Submitted URL: https://heraldsun.com.au

Effective URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #594,197 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Low Risk

Confidence: 95%

2
Risk Score

Low‑risk site; appears to be a legitimate news outlet with no phishing or malware indicators.

Safety Factors
Self‑branding aligns with domain
Absence of credential or payment collection
No malicious signatures or IDS alerts
Standard news‑media content and advertising only
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Herald Sun | Breaking News And Headlines From Melbourne And Victoria | Herald Sun

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

news media journalism

(75%)

Domain Information

Domain 'heraldsun.com.au' uses the Australian country-code top-level domain (.com.au). The second-level label 'heraldsun' is 9 characters long holding 3 vowels versus 6 consonants. Breaking it apart gives two words: herald, sun. Median word length comes out to 4.5 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://heraldsun.com.au

Page Load Overview

22.37s
Total Load Time
480
HTTP Requests
97
Domains
4.4 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

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

Detection Details

Language Code:en
Detection Confidence:80%
Script Type:Latin
HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:22,848 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news media journalism75% confidence
Type: dynamic
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

news media journalism
75%
gambling betting
66%
entertainment media
62%
forum
35%
social_media
25%

Detected Features

Articles
Comments
OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
2402.23.244.169Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16625Akamai Technologies, Inc.
24023.222.80.168Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
AS16625Akamai Technologies, Inc.
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Detected Technologies3

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T14BB48363702820BE562389DDFD562636B2A3F34F968305D8F1E88779695CD787B0234E

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

6144:y74/xHyT1hbZAdJLPat7l46VXTWziTzDDSK9DMs+DP6/yXhbRG:K4/Wbl47ziTzDmDieRG

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:500824:IwQEJnD8ABASIieBTZMIkF2EaAagCRHdNRhHAhoEISiMBCTI4gNhGYjIANgoTFBkIFJKQIRdgV/cCEjg+AEoAEYBEBosWWA6

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:ffcfc3c3ffffffff
Perceptual Hash:b331cccccc333333
Difference Hash:00100c1c00000000
Wavelet Hash:fcdcc0c0f0f0f0f0
Color Hash:#bf9940

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:00100c1c00000000

Scan History

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