Security Scan Report: towardsdatascience.com

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Submitted: May 1, 2026, 3:43:51 PMCompleted: May 1, 2026, 3:44:46 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 16 IPs in 3 countries across 17 domains to perform 64 HTTP transactions. The main domain is towardsdatascience.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://towardsdatascience.com/water-cooler-small-talk-ep-10-so-what-about-the-ai-bubble/

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #236,929 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Moderate Risk

Confidence: 72%

4
Risk Score

The site appears legitimate and informational, but the highly obfuscated JavaScript warrants caution.

Risk Factors
Heavy JavaScript obfuscation and dynamic code execution (eval)
Low domain ranking relative to typical reputable sites
Safety Factors
Domain is over 9 years old and well‑established
No malicious Indicators of Compromise or IDS alerts
Page type is an article (og:type=article) with no credential collection
Meta tags match the site’s own brand, not impersonating another brand
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Water Cooler Small Talk, Ep. 10: So, What About the AI Bubble? | Towards Data Science

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

news/blog

(70%)

Domain Information

The domain 'towardsdatascience.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) with no subdomain. Count 18 characters in 'towardsdatascience' split between 7 vowels and 11 consonants. Word splitting yields three words: towards, data, science. The median word length lands at seven characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://towardsdatascience.com/water-cooler-small-talk-ep-10-so-what-about-the-ai-bubble/

Page Load Overview

4.50s
Total Load Time
102
HTTP Requests
26
Domains
2.0 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-US
Text Length:26,937 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news/blog70% confidence
Type: spa
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

news/blog
70%
corporate
70%

Detected Features

Search
OG: article
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
12185.180.222.136Naaldwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
AS49981WorldStream B.V.
654.87.177.133Ashburn, Virginia, United States
AS14618Amazon.com, Inc.
6104.21.46.34United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
613.35.58.59United States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
62.18.64.220Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
63.174.46.42United States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
6142.251.20.157United States
AS15169Google LLC
6104.18.18.62United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
6141.193.213.21United States
AS209242Cloudflare London, LLC
6104.18.22.56United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
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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

T10624F7A3E27844FE2A6B4B79911DB319B247E711DB0037C0E6D1D0A864DDDFB14BA34A

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

6144:GD9uXdfkQz6ZD7m+JnTCaHtXW2jRByCY+14UoahGxDJ2e5PjxcZLbQ+WhglZB:A4d2U4

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:223117:DQmABUcuECjIUBErCIGggDCjEAkCIsiIihSawZFAEGGSRDABMSABCEiYS5qgAAIIDoUA2YwmFJ8SgQ+OCyAQlKE4xVICAQEF

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:0000ffffffffc3c3
Perceptual Hash:e41b644b31e699e6
Difference Hash:d5c5001c99068696
Wavelet Hash:0000ffc7cfc7c3c3
Color Hash:#d2ca2d

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