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Security Scan Report: techcentral.co.za

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Submitted: Jul 26, 2026, 9:59:48 PMCompleted: Jul 26, 2026, 10:00:41 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 4 IPs in 1 country across 4 domains to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is techcentral.co.za and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-how-optasia-lends-billions-to-people-banks-cant-see/284085/

AI Security Verdict

Low Risk

Confidence: 92%

2
Risk Score

The site is an established news outlet with no credential or payment collection, no malicious indicators, and only benign newsletter forms.

Safety Factors
Established domain with long registration history
Content classified as news/article
Cross‑origin newsletter forms point to legitimate Mailchimp endpoint
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

TCS | How Optasia lends billions to people banks can't see

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

news/blog

(50%)

Domain Information

Within the South African country-code top-level domain (.co.za), 'techcentral.co.za' is registered while skipping any subdomain. Count 11 characters in 'techcentral' holding 3 vowels versus 8 consonants. Breaking it apart gives two words: tech, central. The median word length lands at 5.5 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-how-optasia-lends-billions-to-people-banks-cant-see/284085/

Page Load Overview

8.97s
Total Load Time
224
HTTP Requests
29
Domains
4.1 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-US
Text Length:9,143 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news/blog50% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

news/blog
50%
documentation technical
42%
technology software
37%
corporate
35%
forum
25%

Detected Features

Search
Articles
Comments
OG: article
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
56142.251.110.97Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
56172.67.73.103Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
56142.251.20.155Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
56142.251.110.95Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
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Page Statistics

224
Requests
29
Unique Domains
5.2 MB
Total Size

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T15914E87BA5896076166E93E9D09F7FADE1A2D006CE4514C4F3F885CED3C0FAADA53108

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:VAHNeENPO8Tn3gMU2PONbMO5RBSmI29Wbhw/cGeVkcsbcCQNLBJfMQgcLa:VAnPO8T1UQONbHRcmI294G

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:206122:QYHAKBWXBChFViYAQIAKgQMCym5iAN3AEQ8EFkw6E2CABtIGoQCAYxEAq1GhRMpDcQBDlCCcgQoAgVAKDAswiqwMAIIQFQIH

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:c700fffffb818787
Perceptual Hash:ba41366994b6b9c5
Difference Hash:9eb4333c230b2f2e
Wavelet Hash:c700dfcff9818383
Color Hash:#87a7c5

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:9eb4333c230b2f2e,e28889c958d8f078,20232d3858010313,1121b4f4f4b00111,2780e0a0e0e160f9,0008343020203024

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