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Security Scan Report: cdn.arstechnica.net

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Submitted: Nov 25, 2025, 12:36:33 AMCompleted: Nov 25, 2025, 12:41:48 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is cdn.arstechnica.net and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #66,417 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 95%

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Risk Score

No security concerns detected; the site appears legitimate.

Safety Factors
Well‑established domain
No malicious Indicators of Compromise
No sensitive data collection
Standard CDN endpoint for a reputable publisher
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

403 Forbidden

Scan Type

public

Domain Information

The domain 'cdn.arstechnica.net' uses the network infrastructure generic top-level domain (.net) with subdomain 'cdn'. The second-level label 'arstechnica' is 11 characters long holding four vowels versus 7 consonants. Segmentation suggests three words: ars, technic, a. 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://cdn.arstechnica.net/

Page Load Overview

0.20s
Total Load Time
2
HTTP Requests
1
Domains
22 KB
Total Size

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
2205.234.175.175United States
AS30081CACHENETWORKS
21--

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T117C04C56F56F240CAA5316B106C73B40D595C276CC4A49505B424697B0C6567C4C7364

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3:qVZxgROngsoMHXbvxL4AqWsMgs0U9ClITULLP61INqz:qzxUigsoCXLx0AqWDgs01lIgLP8INqz

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:1:0:389fc4c844d2da787de0510df7eae76e

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:00ffffffffffffff
Perceptual Hash:e666666666666626
Difference Hash:0c00000000000000
Wavelet Hash:007fcfcf00000000
Color Hash:#7a1f93

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:0c00000000000000

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