Security Scan Report: www.ballstatedailynews.com

Bot Protection Detected

This website is protected by security_check bot protection. Our scanner was challenged or blocked during access.

Submitted: Aug 19, 2026, 10:35:29 PMCompleted: Aug 19, 2026, 10:36:51 PMpubliccompleted

Summary

This website contacted 3 IPs in 1 country across 4 domains to perform 1 HTTP transaction. The main domain is ballstatedailynews.com and was registered 13 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.ballstatedailynews.com/article/possible-tornado-leaves-damage-path-across-muncie-and-delaware-county-20260612

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 92%

0
Risk Score

No malicious activity detected; site appears legitimate.

Safety Factors
Old, well‑established domain
Self‑branding news site
No malicious scripts or exfiltration
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Human Verification

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

technology software

(68%)

Domain Information

The domain 'www.ballstatedailynews.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com), featuring subdomain 'www'. The second-level label 'ballstatedailynews' is 18 characters long with 6 vowels and 12 consonants. Breaking it apart gives four words: ball, state, daily, news. Median word length comes out to 4.5 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of a490ff711126.3d54e4e6.us-east-1.captcha.awswaf.com

Page Load Overview

1.65s
Total Load Time
8
HTTP Requests
4
Domains
36 KB
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:743 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

technology software68% confidence
Type: static
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

technology software
68%
documentation technical
67%
phishing scam
45%
blog personal website
28%
adult content
27%

Detected Features

No structural features detected

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
452.222.236.5Cloudfront · CDNUnited States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
23.174.46.105Cloudfront · CDNUnited States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
23.222.5.213Aws · CLOUDAshburn, Virginia, United States
AS14618Amazon.com, Inc.
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Page Statistics

8
Requests
4
Unique Domains
437.1 KB
Total Size

Detected Technologies3

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T13822F85368164807505B589CAAB2A25D77468307810E88DDFEAF57F48FEF2BC45336AC

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

192:+JG4xbMuEmUD1wCF+qaLv0X2ZzUhfOFgTm0DKDnBQfmW1qaRCVXUuziEsmw9oj:wBaff9wnBi31qaRcFG4wc

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:9922:AIDKygsxAqSwQCiiMYRMAAEh5YtghwDpJApGagMJrVMaBDEAIRQYDkAYB1gMKMBKIJUTAJkpDwBAlZFUImQKYYQQRCEAkUIi

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:e6e6e6eefefefefe
Perceptual Hash:f73388cc8ccc2277
Difference Hash:0c0c0c0800000000
Wavelet Hash:e6e6e6e60e0e0e0e
Color Hash:#77e06c

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:0c0c0c0800000000

Scan History

Scan history not available

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