Security Scan Report: hw.ac.uk

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Submitted: Jun 20, 2026, 11:25:03 AMCompleted: Jun 20, 2026, 11:26:17 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 3 IPs in 1 country across 3 domains to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is hw.ac.uk and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://hw.ac.uk

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #325,780 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 95%

0
Risk Score

The site appears legitimate, representing Heriot‑Watt University with no malicious activity detected.

Safety Factors
Domain age ~30 years (well‑established)
Official .ac.uk academic TLD
Absence of malicious signals (forms, IoCs, YARA, IDS)
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Home | Heriot-Watt University

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

education

(90%)

Domain Information

The domain 'hw.ac.uk' uses the United Kingdom country-code top-level domain (.ac.uk). The registrable portion 'hw' spans 2 characters holding zero vowels versus 2 consonants. It segments into two words: h, w. Expect one character per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://hw.ac.uk

Page Load Overview

4.29s
Total Load Time
67
HTTP Requests
7
Domains
4.0 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:5,480 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

education90% confidence
Type: static
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

education
90%
corporate
50%

Detected Features

Search
OG: website

Domain & IP Information

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Detected Technologies3

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1854528A256346F3BB78603825D6ABF4596BDA333D3408C997899DB0C41C5EFD96332C2

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

12288:zoqUzprLMsgdkKWGbWra3p8HI3ie8GBR6mpIbUBLtgAwObqxmKyCus/f81Yp8HIY:UqmrLMsIbWraJ6mqf816Z1Q

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:1256242:AACJAkMIodwYxgEsAB9YokAKDYKG7MwCEAnyihgYG7pAn0re1znPYGGDAoBZIEXRagEwoEZCIQBgEgWCGEO8EYwT2AAYsNSI

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:00fe3e3e3ebe0000
Perceptual Hash:979768702a688f2f
Difference Hash:9464606c6c608cc3
Wavelet Hash:00febe3e3efe0060
Color Hash:#cf79d2

Scan History

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