Security Scan Report: popularmechanics.com

Redirected to: https://www.popularmechanics.com/

Submitted: Mar 2, 2026, 6:17:42 AMCompleted: Mar 2, 2026, 6:19:03 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 6 IPs in 1 country across 10 domains to perform 140 HTTP transactions. The main domain is popularmechanics.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://popularmechanics.com

Effective URL: https://www.popularmechanics.com/Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #11,084 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 98%

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Risk Score

Popular Mechanics appears to be a legitimate, well‑established site with no security concerns.

Safety Factors
Established domain with long registration history
Brand and domain alignment in meta tags
Absence of malicious Indicators of Compromise
No suspicious forms or data collection
Reputable ranking in Cisco Umbrella
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military, Math, Science, and New Technology

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

entertainment media

(53%)

Domain Information

You're looking at domain 'popularmechanics.com' on the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) while skipping any subdomain. Its registrable label 'popularmechanics' stretches across 16 characters split between six vowels and ten consonants. Word splitting yields 2 words: popular, mechanics. The median word length lands at eight characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://popularmechanics.com

Page Load Overview

6.29s
Total Load Time
151
HTTP Requests
11
Domains
2.2 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-US
Text Length:9,716 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

entertainment media53% confidence
Type: static
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

entertainment media
53%
adult content
27%
corporate
25%

Detected Features

Search
OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
26172.217.20.130United States
25104.18.87.42United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
25108.138.26.67United States
2534.160.81.0United States
25146.75.120.155United StatesUnknown
25151.101.128.155United States
AS54113Fastly, Inc.
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Detected Technologies2

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1BAE41C2AE330153B163BEEDCACD57F09F1A9F506D1404299DAED8C6C07DB9D6322760A

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

6144:4pRBLZl5q+9NunQ2L3auyoRXOk4kDNkieVqxaPaL/rAlA9j90Fpk:yD5q+MyoNwieVqxKQ

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:718123:Aeit0qI5RkIADMEeh1FiKTCAGIMjrZQEImNgBICACGIMFSui2ZVUMiXKnRSRkQGQIIhsGDxQJorAW6FVUIyQABmSOAyf5FJh

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:00ff87838383cfff
Perceptual Hash:bc43c36c36713e38
Difference Hash:8bc13f2f2e269616
Wavelet Hash:00ff83838383c3ff
Color Hash:#87c5c5

Scan History

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