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Security Scan Report: witness.co.za

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Submitted: Oct 12, 2025, 11:21:16 AMCompleted: Oct 12, 2025, 11:22:16 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 54 IPs in 3 countries across 18 domains to perform 102 HTTP transactions. The main domain is witness.co.za and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://witness.co.za/news/2025/10/12/uk-spearheads-polar-climate-change-research-as-us-draws-back/

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 95%

0
Risk Score

Legitimate news article with no security concerns.

Safety Factors
Established domain age
No malicious Indicators of Compromise
No sensitive data collection forms
Standard news site functionality only
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws back | The Witness

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

social media network

(95%)

Domain Information

The domain name 'witness.co.za' uses the South African country-code top-level domain (.co.za) without a subdomain. The registrable portion 'witness' spans 7 characters holding two vowels versus 5 consonants. Breaking it apart gives one word: witness. Median word length comes out to 7 characters. Most frequently, 'witness' shows up in English. Usage also turns up in Chinese (Pinyin) and Sinhala contexts. Overall, 'witness.co.za' reads as English with single-word simplicity.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://witness.co.za/news/2025/10/12/uk-spearheads-polar-climate-change-research-as-us-draws-back/

Page Load Overview

20.94s
Total Load Time
102
HTTP Requests
18
Domains
2.2 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-GB
Text Length:25,139 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

social media network95% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

social media network
95%
news/blog
50%
news media journalism
39%
corporate
35%
government public service
25%

Detected Features

Search
Articles
OG: article
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
49172.67.207.69United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
1142.250.185.130United States
AS15169GOOGLE
1142.250.186.67United States
AS15169GOOGLE
1146.75.121.44Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS54113FASTLY
1104.21.45.8United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
1142.250.186.110United States
AS15169GOOGLE
1172.67.146.185United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
123.67.132.201Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16625AKAMAI-AS
1142.250.185.195United States
AS15169GOOGLE
1104.26.4.15United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
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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

T17E545CB1A448243BA37B04D5B14AB71AB2A7812BEB454051F6F941AC83C5FFD643B36F

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:kU53t0nHRXtExTh1FqVH5BetNcmQd7saL/400GJcY6axhZ/axJIvknJTSlxXJWyt:ka3wHJOGEaxPaxJIvknJSlxX05gUftLY

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:283645:AE0OZVgFAYKBk5OChYRqomGQpRwCSomERUDA9gAAiBIBwQq4E1N+YEoJwFaKOaBCBUYg6YIAIQKaDcikChsEAydnDQ8IxUSD

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:00003c1c3c988080
Perceptual Hash:9cc9368cc396cdc6
Difference Hash:3633333232322e2e
Wavelet Hash:8181bf9fbf998181
Color Hash:#2d77d2

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:ba868ea6b2aab213,3633333232322e2e

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