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Security Scan Report: thestar.com

Redirected to:
https://www.thestar.com/
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Submitted: Sep 22, 2026, 11:54:13 PMCompleted: Sep 22, 2026, 11:55:27 PMpubliccompleted

Summary

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This website contacted 104 IPs in 6 countries across 75 domains to perform 370 HTTP transactions. The main domain is thestar.com and was registered 29 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://thestar.com

Effective URL:

https://www.thestar.com/
Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #206,639 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 95%

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Risk Score

thestar.com is the official Toronto Star news site, a well-established Canadian newspaper with no phishing, malware, or credential-harvesting indicators.

Safety Factors
Established domain with over 30 years of registration history
Self-branding detected: title/meta match the domain
No credential harvesting or payment collection forms
No threat intelligence, YARA, or IDS matches
Recognized Canadian news organization with legitimate headlines and bylines
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Breaking News - Headlines & Top Stories | The Star

Scan Type

public

Domain Name Analysis

The domain name 'thestar.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) while skipping any subdomain. The second-level label 'thestar' is 7 characters long split between 2 vowels and five consonants. It segments into two words: the, star. Average segment length settles at 3.5 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://thestar.com

Page Load Overview

9.43s
Total Load Time
8.8 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:80%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:77,829 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news media journalism80% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

news media journalism
80%
entertainment media
78%
e-commerce shopping
50%
government public service
46%
adult content
40%

Detected Features

Search
Articles
Comments
OG: website
Schema.org

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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

T19E92B877D720321D656B659DADE27318EB369253B3853BF4DCC2A029C7CD688463388B

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

384:KK49K4logjKUjZTLjiRjV6CjPcrUjHJNljBee80cQ+ghUp68MnN/sXmTs5quWjfR:ofG2xe80cQ+ghUp68MnN/sXmTs5JAs0l

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:19708:cBsKAaA4EJQBABQZMBAMWAhIIGRWApT/IAAQqvIglqMGgGRyRsgGXFPDJApZygBHJBAcjpUC0cAkEIFA8QBBMwCosiggELAY

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:e3ffffc3c1c7c7e7
Perceptual Hash:f3cc96334d36c324
Difference Hash:0b326c130f4f0e5e
Wavelet Hash:81cfffc38181c3c3
Color Hash:#2d866d

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:0b326c130f4f0e5e,0025496171610500,1232c6261ac2603c

Scan History

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