Security Scan Report: www.themercury.com.au

Submitted: Oct 22, 2025, 11:12:41 AMCompleted: Oct 22, 2025, 11:17:09 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 241 IPs in 6 countries across 96 domains to perform 404 HTTP transactions. The main domain is themercury.com.au and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.themercury.com.au/sport/basketball/tempers-explode-as-wildcats-thrash-the-taipans-in-nbls-ignite-cup-clash-in-cairns/news-story/8e912ba6241698fdf7e56ad53e1f863b

AI Security Verdict

Confirmed Scam

Confidence: 95%

10
Risk Score

Phishing site impersonating The Mercury; confirmed scam with high confidence.

Risk Factors
New domain (<90 days) used for brand impersonation
Credential harvesting form with disguised password field
Circular redirect chain indicating URL manipulation
Unranked domain lacking established reputation
Multiple redirects (7) increasing suspicion
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

NBL round 6 scores, results and news: Wildcats thrash the Taipans | The Mercury

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

healthcare medical

(73%)

Domain Information

The domain 'www.themercury.com.au' uses the Australian country-code top-level domain (.com.au) with subdomain 'www'. The core label 'themercury' covers 10 characters with three vowels and 7 consonants. It segments into two words: the, mercury. Average segment length settles at 5 characters. 'the' most often appears in English. Usage also turns up in Chinese (Pinyin) and Chinese (Traditional) contexts. Net impression: English phrase.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.themercury.com.au/sport/basketball/tempers-explode-as-wildcats-thrash-the-taipans-in-nbls-ignite-cup-clash-in-cairns/news-story/8e912ba6241698fdf7e56ad53e1f863b

Page Load Overview

18.90s
Total Load Time
404
HTTP Requests
96
Domains
19.0 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:8,747 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

healthcare medical73% confidence
Type: dynamic
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

healthcare medical
73%
news media journalism
69%
documentation technical
69%
adult content
50%
corporate business
48%

Detected Features

Comments
OG: article

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
16446.51.131.60Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
AS16509AMAZON-02
10823.213.164.139Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16625AKAMAI-AS
3769.192.160.111Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16625AKAMAI-AS
2235.244.232.184Kansas City, Missouri, United States
AS396982GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM
2123.53.40.128Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
1863.140.62.172United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
11146.75.122.27Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS54113FASTLY
1063.140.62.236United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
73.171.214.104United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
534.241.250.126Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
AS16509AMAZON-02
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Detected Technologies2

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T13B34F9B3751810AE5163CDEDFA326A257293F35EE68305D4A5DD8B3A1ACAD6CF603304

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

6144:jFFLaT1wOuul+u0Pth4aSvYYni6aChe9skYZ9+Z:0Y80lJ

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:238080:OKgARMAkZpD/gFBNOhggEsQlKCaXQEolhG5A5ORQcRERQC4RTCgEMAMyYkDBNkCSAIFB0hEdRHBQCaiIBegg/wChiDAgUCTA

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:ffffe1ffffff8181
Perceptual Hash:fa857ac1b4cbc132
Difference Hash:88350b2c3c432b2f
Wavelet Hash:26fe00ff87f98181
Color Hash:#1f5993

Scan History

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