Security Scan Report: news.ycombinator.com

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Submitted: Dec 27, 2025, 2:20:12 PMCompleted: Dec 27, 2025, 2:20:36 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 29 HTTP transactions. The main domain is news.ycombinator.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://news.ycombinator.com

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #56,556 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 95%

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Risk Score

No security concerns detected; the site appears legitimate.

Safety Factors
Well-established domain with long registration history
No malicious Indicators of Compromise detected
No credential or payment collection forms
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Hacker News

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

gambling betting

(64%)

Domain Information

Within the commercial generic top-level domain (.com), 'news.ycombinator.com' is registered and includes subdomain 'news'. Its registrable label 'ycombinator' stretches across 11 characters split between four vowels and 7 consonants. Splitting it apart reveals 5 words: y, comb, in, at, or. Average segment length settles at 2 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://news.ycombinator.com

Page Load Overview

4.51s
Total Load Time
7
HTTP Requests
1
Domains
1 KB
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:3,870 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

gambling betting64% confidence
Type: static
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

gambling betting
64%
technology software
61%
documentation technical
45%

Detected Features

Search

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
7209.216.230.207United States
AS21581M5HOSTING
71--

Detected Technologies1

40%

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T11BF2E0D0D1F3743B4A33C2C7B5D53FAAB0D2419DE790090D5EBD46EA9BC9E25B001AA9

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

768:vKfdJYbgcA5fh1GVfORK+fdrx6oUflElMBMvcgXBGT5BTj57r+AQ+9mP0gwAgxQW:C1iEZtX2WI0h0rflJy0C0VbLJeyAmS7i

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:34606:EO0FCBMihxaACAIWpAIAqYITEJBEBGSIoRoRiM4EPI0UzzQEgBnA1hAAFiSFSNAa1iENBzMCYCHSSxgowg8sAAMELUABMFAV

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:01bf9fbf9fbf9f9f
Perceptual Hash:bf6a2a2a6a2a6a2e
Difference Hash:6373637363637371
Wavelet Hash:008f1f0f1f1f0f0f
Color Hash:#79c5d2

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:6373637363637371

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