Security Scan Report: api.medscape.com

Submitted: Feb 21, 2026, 11:08:30 PMCompleted: Feb 21, 2026, 11:10:00 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 3 HTTP transactions. The main domain is api.medscape.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://api.medscape.com

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #59,008 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Moderate Risk

Confidence: 78%

5
Risk Score

Critical IDS alerts indicate malware activity despite a reputable domain; treat as high‑risk and do not use.

Risk Factors
Critical network IDS alert for malware (large HTTP POST request) suggesting data exfiltration
High severity IDS alert (ET INFO) on port 443 POST
Safety Factors
Domain is 27 years old (well‑established)
No forms collecting credentials or payment data
No malicious Indicators of Compromise matches
JavaScript shows no malicious patterns and low obfuscation score
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

api.medscape.com

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(71% confidence)

Category

unknown

(0%)

Domain Information

The domain name 'api.medscape.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) and includes subdomain 'api'. Count 8 characters in 'medscape' with 3 vowels and five consonants. Segmentation suggests two words: meds, cape. Median word length comes out to four characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://api.medscape.com

Page Load Overview

0.47s
Total Load Time
5
HTTP Requests
1
Domains
N/A
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:71%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

Language Code:en
Detection Confidence:71%
Script Type:Latin
Text Length:37 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

unknown0% confidence
Type: static
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

No categories detected

Detected Features

No structural features detected

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
5104.18.37.101United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
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Detected Technologies4

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1EE048F77329A063986558498F05B43099F20B143F506C9BCB9BCBAD9BFDED06107BB78

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:ifQho9PKBb9Js3q9Jzbs6tlg3SBKwdQWgceIszq2bMy8Olde:ZhoC9JSqzzbs6o3Sj3gcrsW2eAU

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:184471:+ACSSZWgQLDAjUSgYIGy8awCQlACFGhXUdIIGDhjsDVmYBSIiAFIQAkAGq4wHYaESFHB0AAAoDEBApULActggZtJQEEKZeBB

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:ffcfc3cfffffffff
Perceptual Hash:b3318ccccc673333
Difference Hash:00180c1800000000
Wavelet Hash:f0d0c0ccf0f0f0f0
Color Hash:#862d6d

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:00180c1800000000

Scan History

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