Security Scan Report: www.niemanlab.org

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Submitted: Aug 5, 2026, 3:03:51 PMCompleted: Aug 5, 2026, 3:05:23 PMpubliccompleted

Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is niemanlab.org and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.niemanlab.org

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 92%

1
Risk Score

The site is a legitimate news blog with no phishing, malware, or scam indicators.

Safety Factors
Established domain age (>18 years)
Self‑branding rather than brand impersonation
Absence of malicious JavaScript behavior (no exfiltration, only benign eval)
No external threat intelligence hits
No credential or payment collection
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Nieman Journalism Lab

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(42% confidence)

Category

news media journalism

(51%)

Domain Information

Domain 'www.niemanlab.org' uses the non-profit oriented generic top-level domain (.org) and includes subdomain 'www'. The core label 'niemanlab' covers 9 characters containing 4 vowels alongside 5 consonants. Breaking it apart gives 3 words: niem, an, lab. Average segment length settles at three characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.niemanlab.org

Page Load Overview

1.14s
Total Load Time
84
HTTP Requests
14
Domains
1.3 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:42%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

Language Code:en
Detection Confidence:42%
Script Type:Latin
Text Length:9,974 chars
Detector Agreement:67%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news media journalism51% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

news media journalism
51%
technology software
30%
news/blog
20%

Detected Features

OG: blog

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
84104.26.8.173Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
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Page Statistics

84
Requests
14
Unique Domains
2.0 MB
Total Size

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T12FB3F833E0422623D3138BE4F176B76EE2077629CEC345A1B6F85966F984CB7066139D

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:EKeKCyWhsj/PCFBrVO+Fw5F4FtFvFTMF4SANkp6U5MoTEThxfq8kStOuI1gPOqpx:fCyWhsj/PCFR0+Fw5F4FtFvFTMF4SANp

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:109968:so0MgQAzCJCggLCDCCVPg6eCrmUhQEklkBIACRFCEADB64GOKEKPZJJCfNQFkAcwCyIKEgALgGQPGYoiZhCw0QFRA4DKCAZO

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:ffdfc3c3c7c7c3c3
Perceptual Hash:b0cfcd92cd0d3649
Difference Hash:321e1e1e9f0d1e26
Wavelet Hash:9bc3c3c3c38783c3
Color Hash:#6ce089

Scan History

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