Security Scan Report: thewest.com.au

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Submitted: Oct 22, 2025, 11:00:19 AMCompleted: Oct 22, 2025, 11:01:52 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 60 IPs in 3 countries across 14 domains to perform 47 HTTP transactions. The main domain is thewest.com.au and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://thewest.com.au/sport/perth-wildcats/former-perth-wildcats-star-andrew-vlahov-says-team-must-find-an-elite-point-guard-after-sacking-mason-jones-c-20410781

AI Security Verdict

Confirmed Scam

Confidence: 95%

9
Risk Score

New, unranked domain mimicking The West Australian – high‑risk phishing, should be avoided and reported.

Risk Factors
Brand impersonation on a newly registered domain
New domain (<90 days) with low reputation
UNRANKED domain claiming to be a major news outlet
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Former Perth Wildcats star Andrew Vlahov says team must find an elite point guard after sacking Mason Jones | The West Australian

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

entertainment media

(97%)

Domain Information

Within the Australian country-code top-level domain (.com.au), 'thewest.com.au' is registered. The second-level label 'thewest' is 7 characters long containing 2 vowels alongside five consonants. It segments into 2 words: the, west. The median word length lands at 3.5 characters. 'the' most often appears in English. You may catch it in Chinese (Pinyin) and Chinese (Zhuyin) as well.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://thewest.com.au/sport/perth-wildcats/former-perth-wildcats-star-andrew-vlahov-says-team-must-find-an-elite-point-guard-after-sacking-mason-jones-c-20410781

Page Load Overview

36.03s
Total Load Time
47
HTTP Requests
14
Domains
543 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:4,360 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

entertainment media97% confidence
Type: dynamic
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

entertainment media
97%
real estate property
82%
adult content
68%
healthcare medical
50%
news/blog
35%

Detected Features

Search
OG: article
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
4752.222.236.45United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
0184.24.77.154Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
0172.217.23.106United States
AS15169GOOGLE
052.222.236.28United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
0142.250.185.129United States
AS15169GOOGLE
052.64.201.47Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
AS16509AMAZON-02
052.222.214.31United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
03.233.158.26Ashburn, Virginia, United States
AS14618AMAZON-AES
013.54.235.145Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
AS16509AMAZON-02
0184.24.77.144Frankfurt 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

T1A88418A70210B97A160F6347ACAF7F99C7FF845BDB444A92E7ED4E1507A10EC5A2310E

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:GO0lTtcsMN+IwI0CWtQY4VpftiCnHvsfph0kn0qMlb030G/I45u4sS:GOU+VERKA0qMlb030GX3sS

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:402429:A2wNAwEqLBUIREMCghVV00IMDypgIBknEQE5ABJRJJCBIjuQASBClSRkAkBgDkyAgp4XhIFETU4YEgYCbEgIVKiGAAUoqLCE

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:ffc181dbcbefc7c3
Perceptual Hash:f94f92c38d9e0e28
Difference Hash:e00f2332130b2b2a
Wavelet Hash:fcc18183cbc7c9c3
Color Hash:#403a78

Other Hashes

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