Security Scan Report: pds-init.ess.apple.com

Redirected to: https://pds-init.ess.apple.com/

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Submitted: Nov 26, 2025, 8:25:49 PMCompleted: Nov 26, 2025, 8:27:25 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 2 IPs in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is pds-init.ess.apple.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: http://pds-init.ess.apple.com/

Effective URL: https://pds-init.ess.apple.com/Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #13 of the top 1 million websitesTop 100 Site

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 96%

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Risk Score

Legitimate Apple subdomain with no security concerns

Safety Factors
Well-established Apple subdomain
High Cisco Umbrella ranking
No malicious Indicators of Compromise
No suspicious content or redirects
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

pds-init.ess.apple.com

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

other

(78%)

Domain Information

Within the commercial generic top-level domain (.com), 'pds-init.ess.apple.com' is registered; it also runs on subdomain 'pds-init.ess'. The second-level label 'apple' is 5 characters long with 2 vowels and three consonants. Splitting it apart reveals 1 word: apple. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of http://pds-init.ess.apple.com/

Page Load Overview

0.74s
Total Load Time
2
HTTP Requests
1
Domains
N/A
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:168 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

other78% confidence
Type: static
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

other
78%
suspicious phishing
42%
malicious
41%
e-commerce
28%

Detected Features

No structural features detected

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
12.16.168.206Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
12.16.168.203Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
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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

T13E048F77329A063986558498E057430D9F20B143B50ACDBC7ABCBAD9BFDED06107BB78

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:JfQho9PKBb9JsE9RHCbZgRjFtSBaw9QWgceIszP2bMy8Old5:+hoC9J395CbZgLtSL3gcrsb2eA/

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:183547:NBBCVwRYxAAAhMDEJos8ACqpwyhEDBMIPyCMApAKIykkIKgSAFBBwXOKCohAmg0kJAiAr4EofWkgxgY4EIFCEBiViU0GqQDS

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:7f7f0f07fffffcfc
Perceptual Hash:92a952e5563f3a58
Difference Hash:c0c05c4c80000004
Wavelet Hash:7f7f0f0700000300
Color Hash:#3e1f93

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:c0c05c4c80000004

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