Security Scan Report: hackster.io

Redirected to:
https://www.hackster.io/
Submitted: Sep 2, 2026, 9:01:18 AMCompleted: Sep 2, 2026, 9:02:02 AMpubliccompleted

This website contacted 14 IPs in 2 countries across 11 domains to perform 48 HTTP transactions. The main domain is hackster.io and was registered 8 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://hackster.io

Effective URL:

https://www.hackster.io/
Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #323,461 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 92%

1
Risk Score

The site shows its own brand, is well‑established, has no forms or malicious indicators, and is therefore legitimate.

Safety Factors (4)
Established domain reputation (Cisco Umbrella rank 323,461 within top 1 M)
Self‑branding with matching title/meta
Absence of forms or credential collection
No malicious JavaScript patterns
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Hackster.io - The community dedicated to learning hardware.

Scan Type

public

Domain Name Analysis

The domain 'hackster.io' uses the British Indian Ocean Territory country-code top-level domain (.io). The registrable portion 'hackster' spans 8 characters with two vowels and 6 consonants. Segmentation suggests two words: hacks, ter. Median word length comes out to four characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://hackster.io

Page Load Overview

5.78s
Total Load Time
4.6 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

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

Detection Details

HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:2,567 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

corporate70% confidence
Type: spa
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

corporate
70%

Detected Features

Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
9104.16.80.73Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
3104.26.8.49Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
3104.26.9.49Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
3104.18.0.22Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
3188.114.96.9Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
323.105.162.168Bealeton, Virginia, United States
AS30633Leaseweb USA, Inc.
3188.114.97.9Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
3216.239.32.36Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
3172.67.74.162Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
3104.16.79.73Cloudflare · WAFUnited 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

T16F4183B7E5205C1D02105BB1DC07F594D7BB690D87D08CC4B489813A3BB679D90E7B45

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

24:hd7wSMfzupj3t0x+MvuNRHy6Ssfr4+wqIO1FNr3/5z8J9BcJUabQLB/hw4lsllRJ:vcSMwtc+ku/kKIsr3RzaKUaysDRJ

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:2005:AAiAAAgAAAAAAAAAIIAMAEAAAIkAQAAAAAAQAQIAIAgkgxCBAABAMQIEIAAgAQKgAAAAAABQAAAQABEAAAAAAAAAAEAAEQCA

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:f9e181e1ffdfff3f
Perceptual Hash:ea628d989d637a2a
Difference Hash:332f0b4b3034a061
Wavelet Hash:88a080e09f9f3f3f
Color Hash:#5c53ac

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:332f0b4b3034a061

Scan History

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