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Security Scan Report: iol.co.za

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Submitted: Jun 12, 2026, 5:33:13 PMCompleted: Jun 12, 2026, 5:34:59 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 7 IPs in 3 countries across 7 domains to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is iol.co.za and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://iol.co.za

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #280,345 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 94%

1
Risk Score

The site is a legitimate South African news outlet with no phishing, malware, or credential‑stealing indicators.

Safety Factors
Long‑standing domain registration (1996)
Brand claim aligns with domain
No external IoC matches
No credential exfiltration or malicious network alerts
No forms or payment fields
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

IOL | Breaking News, Business, Sports & Lifestyle from South Africa

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

news media journalism

(57%)

Domain Information

Domain 'iol.co.za' uses the South African country-code top-level domain (.co.za) and has no subdomain. Its registrable label 'iol' stretches across 3 characters with 2 vowels and 1 consonant. Splitting it apart reveals 2 words: i, ol. Expect 1.5 characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://iol.co.za

Page Load Overview

2.15s
Total Load Time
303
HTTP Requests
59
Domains
6.3 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
Text Length:31,589 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news media journalism57% confidence
Type: static
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

news media journalism
57%
adult content
55%
government public service
49%
entertainment media
37%
corporate business
35%

Detected Features

OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
45104.16.80.73United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
43142.250.154.153United States
AS15169Google LLC
43142.250.154.97United States
AS15169Google LLC
43172.66.168.156United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
43146.75.121.44Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS54113Fastly, Inc.
433.5.71.72Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
43142.251.14.154United States
AS15169Google LLC
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Detected Technologies2

Cloudflare Bot Management
40%
Cloudflare
40%

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T165B4D630E1414B3B913B47D8BB76D72872AB428ED581013CE6E905F562DAED8A43F1DE

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

12288:CX7JqXXxZ8dIimviFUc+zrwViC2DYq8pnP3+q9ChipfOW2+8qw3KQ5q3:CX2rwT

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:500134:G2aIhXEipoNcgiQQQMIDEAjgIiKEYQSQyCCFK2iBytIpEngASUIaEUQCWR0I0iqQKiABW4AGijbMEQvjRE03uQTJXYCGRyB1

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:00181818181c0000
Perceptual Hash:98cb6767693298c9
Difference Hash:4b33b3b233b232b6
Wavelet Hash:8099999d999f9b83
Color Hash:#6ca2e0

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:c8ae92aea28ab633,4b33b3b233b232b6

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