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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
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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 https://defense.gov/

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
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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

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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