Security Scan Report: www.californianewsobserver.com

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Submitted: Oct 24, 2025, 12:33:24 PMCompleted: Oct 24, 2025, 12:34:57 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 38 IPs in 3 countries across 11 domains to perform 47 HTTP transactions. The main domain is californianewsobserver.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.californianewsobserver.com/article/860917209-update-no-2-media-availability-postponed-regarding-search-for-middlebury-college-student-lia-smith

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 95%

0
Risk Score

The site appears to be a legitimate news outlet with no security concerns.

Safety Factors
Established domain age
No malicious Indicators of Compromise
No credential or payment collection
Brand name matches domain (California News Observer)
Publicly verifiable information from Vermont State Police
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Update No. 2: Media availability postponed regarding search for Middlebury College student Lia Smith | California News Observer

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

news

(30%)

Domain Information

Domain 'www.californianewsobserver.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com), featuring subdomain 'www'. Its registrable label 'californianewsobserver' stretches across 22 characters holding 9 vowels versus 13 consonants. Splitting it apart reveals three words: california, news, observer. Expect 8 characters per word on average. 'california' most strongly signals English. Usage also turns up in Chinese (Pinyin) and Norwegian contexts. Net impression: English phrase.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.californianewsobserver.com/article/860917209-update-no-2-media-availability-postponed-regarding-search-for-middlebury-college-student-lia-smith

Page Load Overview

25.04s
Total Load Time
47
HTTP Requests
11
Domains
654 KB
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:5,873 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news30% confidence
Type: webapp
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

news
30%

Detected Features

Search

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
10216.239.34.36United States
AS15169GOOGLE
118.245.46.16United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
1104.21.18.54United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
1173.203.97.138United States
AS19994RACKSPACE
1142.250.186.99United States
AS15169GOOGLE
1142.250.186.42United States
AS15169GOOGLE
118.245.46.112United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
1142.250.185.163United States
AS15169GOOGLE
1142.251.168.156United States
AS15169GOOGLE
13.22.247.92Columbus, Ohio, United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
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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

T17CD2A521E2F119AB41B2C1E6F6727B412580E107E7270D06F7AC1B657FC6C97AE2326D

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

768:SzJtPODsQfQoQNQZQttQ5sQfQfQfQeVeQfwQfQJQfQPHQfQEQfQOQfQeeQzSQfQr:4tosWZ2oixWsW2xWkWgWbWxW80SWsW2T

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:30989:AAkGRgZQkCAq0JEHZMCbIRhAQOpE5ASFU0CBEEzAhU0DRxn4UGBC6KQAAkkjABcIBAQEhQRMioASDZAA4CJ61OIrCkiAFmI4

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:89819b9fdbdbc580
Perceptual Hash:f82d63a55a9698b2
Difference Hash:3333323333330d1d
Wavelet Hash:89819b9fdb9f8580
Color Hash:#b679d2

Other Hashes

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