Security Scan Report: independent.co.ug

Redirected to: https://www.independent.co.ug/

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Submitted: Jan 17, 2026, 4:52:40 PMCompleted: Jan 17, 2026, 4:54:13 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 10 IPs in 1 country across 12 domains to perform 155 HTTP transactions. The main domain is independent.co.ug.

Submitted URL: https://independent.co.ug

Effective URL: https://www.independent.co.ug/Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #732,083 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Moderate Risk

Confidence: 70%

5
Risk Score

Site appears legitimate but unknown age and low ranking warrant caution

Risk Factors
Domain age unknown
Low ranking in Cisco Umbrella for a brand site
Safety Factors
No malicious Indicators of Compromise detected
No forms collecting passwords or payment information
Standard informational content with news/magazine focus
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

HOME: Independent magazine Uganda; Cutting edge Opinions & Analysis

Scan Type

public

Language

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

English

(80% confidence)

Category

news media journalism

(64%)

Domain Information

Within the Ugandan country-code top-level domain (.co.ug), 'independent.co.ug' is registered with no subdomain. Its registrable label 'independent' stretches across 11 characters containing four vowels alongside seven consonants. Tokenizing the label suggests one word: independent. The median word length lands at 11 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://independent.co.ug

Page Load Overview

3.62s
Total Load Time
173
HTTP Requests
20
Domains
3.2 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈEnglish
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:8,591 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news media journalism64% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

news media journalism
64%
entertainment media
53%
healthcare medical
50%
travel tourism
42%
adult content
41%

Detected Features

OG: website
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
20172.217.20.138United States
AS15169GOOGLE
17142.250.74.206United States
17192.0.77.32San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635AUTOMATTIC
17142.250.186.174United States
AS15169GOOGLE
17192.0.73.2San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635AUTOMATTIC
17192.124.249.9Menifee, California, United States
AS30148SUCURI-SEC
17104.17.201.65United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
17172.217.20.131United States
AS15169GOOGLE
17142.251.141.130United States
AS15169GOOGLE
17192.0.76.3San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635AUTOMATTIC
17310--

Detected Technologies16

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T184C373B2084DA83F936AA6C6711CB77DA1EB093FCA151991F3FF069CD7C6E92049D019

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:IaFKh5n/izZjT8aHMXzJN+glJ+zfXmj18N7h29tbL0VYiUEaX2j+8tJ+kIwVSYFq:5r/8aHMVN+glJ+zfXmj18Vh29tbL0VY9

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:123906:FKYsUoIG1QAoskQGEUUL0DiBsQAyWuoJoAQIUkKIw1gAMA3RE2AAaGBohBEQgUqBIBkBKQCJQggceKQgBaiZUhHoGQKIJqBw

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:0000fff7c7effffb
Perceptual Hash:b812493236cdefb8
Difference Hash:f8b826860c1e9232
Wavelet Hash:0000ffc387c3cbfb
Color Hash:#af87c5

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