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Security Scan Report: www.theaustralian.com.au

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Submitted: May 27, 2026, 4:30:16 PMCompleted: May 27, 2026, 4:32:16 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is theaustralian.com.au.

Submitted URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #430,060 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Moderate Risk

Confidence: 72%

5
Risk Score

The site appears to be a legitimate news outlet; no phishing or malware signs, but low domain reputation and unknown age warrant caution.

Risk Factors
Unknown domain age (treated as potentially new)
Low reputation ranking (430,060) for a well‑known news brand
Critical JavaScript obfuscation score (high entropy/minified code)
Safety Factors
Brand name matches the domain (no impersonation)
No login, payment, or credential‑collection forms
No external Indicators of Compromise or malicious kit matches
No network IDS alerts
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

The Australian | Latest Australian News Headlines and World News

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

education learning

(80%)

Domain Information

Within the Australian country-code top-level domain (.com.au), 'www.theaustralian.com.au' is registered with subdomain 'www'. Its registrable label 'theaustralian' stretches across 13 characters holding six vowels versus 7 consonants. Tokenizing the label suggests 2 words: the, australian. Average segment length settles at 6.5 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.theaustralian.com.au

Page Load Overview

16.39s
Total Load Time
430
HTTP Requests
99
Domains
3.2 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
Text Length:25,245 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

education learning80% confidence
Type: dynamic
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

education learning
80%
news media journalism
49%
travel tourism
46%
entertainment media
31%
documentation technical
29%

Detected Features

Articles
OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
4302.23.244.169Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16625Akamai Technologies, Inc.
4301--

Detected Technologies4

PHP
50%
MySQL
50%
HSTS
40%
WordPress
30%

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1FC21459FCFBC71915A5401506F3367A3BB0648D4544287B1745CC21C135E7AC49339BF

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

24:haV1RfJWGzfgTbCoVtPPrCztgI91vw9VmN53f8dVT6H3UY:W/ffS93PD0Y9i53Q96kY

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:1320:BABAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAQAACAAAQhAAAgAABAAAAAAAAACAAUUQgEAAAIAgAKAAAAIBCAAEAAAgAgAAAEAAAUABAAAAAEAAg

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:01037fffffffffff
Perceptual Hash:8e0f0f0fcfcac8c4
Difference Hash:7b7fa40000000000
Wavelet Hash:01031fff0f0f0f0f
Color Hash:#3c783a

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:7b7fa40000000000

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