Security Scan Report: www.expressandstar.com

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Submitted: Nov 25, 2025, 6:57:48 AMCompleted: Nov 25, 2025, 7:00:34 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 255 IPs in 8 countries across 125 domains to perform 542 HTTP transactions. The main domain is expressandstar.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/2025/11/20/five-birmingham-and-black-country-businesses-named-and-shamed-on-hmrc-deliberate-tax-defaulters-list/

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #396,205 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Low Risk

Confidence: 92%

2
Risk Score

Site appears legitimate; minor redirect oddity suggests cautious use.

Risk Factors
Circular redirect detected indicating possible URL manipulation
Safety Factors
Well‑established domain (registered in 2000)
No malicious Indicators of Compromise
No login, password, or payment collection fields
Content appears to be a standard local news article
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Five Birmingham and Black Country businesses named and shamed on HMRC 'deliberate tax defaulters' list | Express & Star

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

news media journalism

(66%)

Domain Information

The domain name 'www.expressandstar.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com), featuring subdomain 'www'. The second-level label 'expressandstar' is 14 characters long containing four vowels alongside ten consonants. Segmentation suggests three words: express, and, star. Average segment length settles at 4 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/2025/11/20/five-birmingham-and-black-country-businesses-named-and-shamed-on-hmrc-deliberate-tax-defaulters-list/

Page Load Overview

1.82s
Total Load Time
542
HTTP Requests
125
Domains
10.0 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:12,037 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news media journalism66% confidence
Type: dynamic
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

news media journalism
66%
government public service
63%
corporate business
57%
adult content
55%
finance banking
37%

Detected Features

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Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
84146.75.121.44Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS54113FASTLY
4218.66.102.31United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
3479.127.216.203Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS60068Datacamp Limited
2764.239.109.129United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
18142.250.185.98United States
AS15169GOOGLE
15146.75.121.91Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS54113FASTLY
1554.192.35.37United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
1544.208.61.190Ashburn, Virginia, United States
AS14618AMAZON-AES
1334.1.1.166Paris, Île-de-France, France
AS15169GOOGLE
1237.19.194.81Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS60068Datacamp Limited
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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

T18D840616D0A5DD3AD58B5E8D027EFE75802BA15AD2445CA0F38EDE2C33C607DDB92E84

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:MvzVZT1/OpnuBLdUk4vOIygiL467kz5LTtMC0/7Bh6467l/p:qzVZTMpnuBLdUkUOIygLz5LTPwU

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:388208:OoKF3QBUaQCKblAgCAQULvQJkCsbwQiQsgmKujOJEIGCASAZAp5MlQGYEYYQANQYAogLAEBiQHQIAzsJ6JCABp0EsBAIDFXM

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:003c3c3c3c3c3c00
Perceptual Hash:9a6465db65716174
Difference Hash:0b6969696961691e
Wavelet Hash:003c3c3c3c3c3c00
Color Hash:#7a1f93

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