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Security Scan Report: defense.gov

Redirected to:
https://www.war.gov/
Submitted: Oct 14, 2025, 3:16:43 AMCompleted: Oct 14, 2025, 3:19:49 AMpubliccompleted

Summary

This website contacted 92 IPs in 3 countries across 13 domains to perform 135 HTTP transactions. The main domain is war.gov and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://defense.gov/

Effective URL: https://www.war.gov/Redirected

AI Security Verdict

Confirmed Scam

Confidence: 95%

10
Risk Score

Impersonates a U.S. government agency on a new, unranked domain – confirmed scam.

Risk Factors
Brand impersonation of a U.S. government entity
Newly registered domain (<90 days) used for impersonation
UNRANKED domain with low reputation
Misleading redirect from a legitimate .gov site to a suspicious domain
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Home | U.S. Department of War

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

government public service

(75%)

Domain Information

Within the United States government-restricted top-level domain (.gov), 'defense.gov' is registered with no subdomain. The second-level label 'defense' is 7 characters long with 3 vowels and 4 consonants. It segments into 1 word: defense. Expect seven characters per word on average. Most frequently, 'defense' shows up in English. Usage also turns up in Chinese (Pinyin) and Sinhala contexts.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of api.dvidshub.net

Page Load Overview

3.33s
Total Load Time
135
HTTP Requests
13
Domains
26.0 MB
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-US
Text Length:11,399 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

government public service75% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

government public service
75%
government
48%
corporate
35%

Detected Features

Search
OG: website
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
8923.36.162.204Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
44142.250.74.200United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2523.212.221.216Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16625AKAMAI-AS
5216.239.34.36United States
AS15169GOOGLE
33.174.46.61United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
3216.58.206.42United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2142.250.185.168United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2142.250.186.174United States
AS15169GOOGLE
1142.250.186.138United States
AS15169GOOGLE
166.102.1.155United States
AS15169GOOGLE
13592--

Page Statistics

135
Requests
16
Unique Domains
26.1 MB
Total Size

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T16024D93598F11033422781D1BAB5BB4EBBE2855BDA578C81B2EC03959FDFE90AC1794C

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:vINq7LUndKHZvPoc7Hd1gzfpDperCP9nHqCMH:vINZdK5vPoc78zfXerknHqCMH

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:222512:AQGQCSMQQQGEACmDEBwJBChUAKCQ0JiBXgooQLhNVFIFKmJuTgJpEBASBaGQKQJ5IvpjAhyU4AZAIAPnIIMAiCAQBDEJswhA

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:00f0fcfcf0f00000
Perceptual Hash:c2c2393f3d393b03
Difference Hash:99c1c0c0c105038a
Wavelet Hash:40f9fefef9f10000
Color Hash:#1f4e93

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:ea5070ec4c9192f4,2c0bdbdb9b33d202,98c1c0c0c105028a

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