Security Scan Report: sci-hub.ru

Submitted: Dec 29, 2025, 1:53:54 PMCompleted: Dec 29, 2025, 1:55:12 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 2 IPs in 2 countries across 2 domains to perform 16 HTTP transactions. The main domain is sci-hub.ru and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://sci-hub.ru

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #253,417 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 92%

1
Risk Score

Site appears legitimate with no security threats detected.

Safety Factors
Long domain age indicates stability
Absence of forms collecting sensitive data
No known malicious Indicators of Compromise
Verification page is a common anti‑bot measure
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Bot Protection Detected

This website is protected by checking_browser bot protection. Our scanner was challenged or blocked during access.

Page Title

DDOS-GUARD

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(64% confidence)

Category

documentation technical

(38%)

Domain Information

Within the Russian country-code top-level domain (.ru), 'sci-hub.ru' is registered and has no subdomain. Count 7 characters in 'sci-hub' containing 2 vowels alongside four consonants, notching one hyphen. Segmentation suggests two words: sci, hub. The median word length lands at 3 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://sci-hub.ru

Page Load Overview

0.63s
Total Load Time
10
HTTP Requests
2
Domains
244 KB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:64%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

Language Code:en
Detection Confidence:64%
Script Type:Latin
Text Length:234 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

documentation technical38% confidence
Type: static
Method: ml+structural+ocr_tiebreaker

All Detected Categories

documentation technical
38%
technology software
31%
adult content
27%

Detected Features

No structural features detected

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
5185.129.100.100Russia
AS57724Ddos-guard Ltd
5190.115.31.218United Arab Emirates
AS59692IQWeb FZ-LLC
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Detected Technologies1

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T16C916F2234BB8BEBD99EBCA175A577D93063E30AF7512BE058FE93C44BE58484D07148

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

96:u4hl6tQGWl2T2k232Xv02NaPinhZwv2QVN2DY/2NFKXTvadJT4qaR4Rr:thAQWT2hGpKfuDPT4qaR45

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:4215:DgtAEIAQACACBAAAQLSGIhYoCIAFmAACFAIAgAEOKNQQAAgEGBJIgBEGFIKKMAAAQCAAAAIAEBgCACAAIABIBAgAAABoDAUs

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:ffffc3c3ffffffe7
Perceptual Hash:b03cdbcfc364303c
Difference Hash:000016060000000c
Wavelet Hash:ccccc0c03f3f3f03
Color Hash:#bbbf40

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:000016060000000c

Scan History

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