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Security Scan Report: benefitnews.com

Redirected to:
https://www.benefitnews.com/
Submitted: Apr 18, 2026, 2:46:02 PMCompleted: Apr 18, 2026, 2:47:46 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 15 IPs in 3 countries across 15 domains to perform 1 HTTP transaction. The main domain is benefitnews.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://benefitnews.com

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

AI Security Verdict

Moderate Risk

Confidence: 78%

5
Risk Score

Site appears legitimate but contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript that posts data to external endpoints, warranting caution.

Risk Factors
Heavy JavaScript obfuscation with dynamic code execution
Cross‑origin POSTs to suspicious external endpoints
Unranked domain despite self‑branding
Safety Factors
No credential or payment collection forms
Domain age > 10 years (low baseline risk)
Brand name matches domain (no impersonation)
No Indicators of Compromise matched
No JavaScript malware YARA patterns detected
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Employee Benefit News | HR & Benefits News and Insights | Employee Benefit News

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

social media network

(63%)

Domain Information

The domain 'benefitnews.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) while skipping any subdomain. Its registrable label 'benefitnews' stretches across 11 characters split between 4 vowels and seven consonants. It segments into 2 words: benefit, news. The median word length lands at 5.5 characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://benefitnews.com

Page Load Overview

8.41s
Total Load Time
175
HTTP Requests
59
Domains
2.3 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:9,143 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

social media network63% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

social media network
63%
government public service
44%
healthcare medical
40%
news media journalism
39%
adult content
29%

Detected Features

Search
OG: website
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
2115.197.254.45United States
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11104.18.160.126United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
11104.17.25.14France
AS29990
11142.251.110.97United States
AS15169Google LLC
1123.67.139.70Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS16625Akamai Technologies, Inc.
11172.67.155.215Unknown
AS2635
11142.251.20.95United States
AS15169Google LLC
11104.18.176.126Unknown
AS16625
1118.245.86.97United States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
1165.8.131.8United States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
17515--

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T13D842BF27C80943E52E316DBFBA1378E7132D946F789D2A5A1E1E70406B5CD7A811E0E

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:SEuIYZgHzqEBsfwxo5fqjtN/hAsVW14CFInU29gTXef5ABLFASFbt3AUUAIR:cIyEBMZ5InU29ce7UUAIR

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:382991:YAKKNNCoiJxCMIJAOyzgEhBYAJAAUJNMn2m91UREBgXoAyjT8oAIgADUIIZBQEAwAABFkMZSAcIEFB0wUQkxhSAAwFZUQWEg

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:fffffcfdff8f8f8d
Perceptual Hash:b8c639adc738c21b
Difference Hash:0000090d1b1b3b1b
Wavelet Hash:fffffc0085818185
Color Hash:#53aca0

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:0000090d1b1b3b1b,4c4e969c988c1406

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