Security Scan Report: news.ycombinator.com

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Submitted: Dec 27, 2025, 4:47:38 PMCompleted: Dec 27, 2025, 4:48:02 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 23 HTTP transactions. The main domain is news.ycombinator.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://news.ycombinator.com

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #56,556 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 96%

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Risk Score

No security concerns detected; the site appears legitimate.

Safety Factors
Domain age over 20 years (well‑established)
No malicious Indicators of Compromise matches found
No credential or payment forms present
Cisco Umbrella ranking within top 100 k (56556)
Site is a well‑known, reputable news aggregator
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Hacker News

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

technology software

(75%)

Domain Information

You're looking at domain 'news.ycombinator.com' on the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) with subdomain 'news'. Its registrable label 'ycombinator' stretches across 11 characters holding 4 vowels versus 7 consonants. Splitting it apart reveals 5 words: y, comb, in, at, or. Expect two characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://news.ycombinator.com

Page Load Overview

9.11s
Total Load Time
23
HTTP Requests
0
Domains
N/A
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:3,839 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

technology software75% confidence
Type: static
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

technology software
75%
documentation technical
44%

Detected Features

Search

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
7209.216.230.207United States
AS21581M5HOSTING
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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

T197F2E0E0D1F3743B4A33C6C3B5D53FAAA0D2419DE750090D9EFE46EA9BC9D25B001A69

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

768:vVV9MRGNEZfd+3TYrTjO+9Z2F0Enb78CKoxfnkG52Y0B8fluv6FJagnW5RTC57T9:9/OAMVm0HBZqF85GPPgLKflb/piOQphi

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:34339:AANECiUGQnIKMZDZon1TCkBJQDAQrwAa4QMhJABQUiVAhGQICnIiSkML6YEKQFCGkBQnlEYBgAFWCBJKBARkFOIANES7NBCE

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:01bf9fbfbf9fbf9f
Perceptual Hash:bf6a2a6a2a2e3a2a
Difference Hash:7373736373736371
Wavelet Hash:009f0f0f1f0f1f0f
Color Hash:#878ac5

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:7373736373736371

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