Security Scan Report: www.publishersweekly.com

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Submitted: Sep 19, 2026, 1:40:07 AMCompleted: Sep 19, 2026, 1:40:59 AMpubliccompleted

This website contacted 72 IPs in 3 countries across 45 domains to perform 158 HTTP transactions. The main domain is publishersweekly.com and was registered 9 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.publishersweekly.com

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #94,717 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Low Risk

Confidence: 88%

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Risk Score

Established 30-year-old news site (Publishers Weekly) with self-branding, ranked, no threat intel or malware signals; its own subscriber login form is not phishing.

Risk Factors
eval() call (dynamic code execution) — weak signal, common in ad-tech-heavy media sites
Safety Factors
30-year-old established domain
Ranked in Cisco Umbrella top 100K
og:type=article — news content reporting, not impersonation
No threat-intel matches or malicious JavaScript
Physical address and business entity mentioned
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Book Reviews, Bestselling Books & Publishing Business News | Publishers Weekly

Scan Type

public

Domain Name Analysis

Within the commercial generic top-level domain (.com), 'www.publishersweekly.com' is registered; it also runs on subdomain 'www'. Its registrable label 'publishersweekly' stretches across 16 characters split between 5 vowels and 11 consonants. Tokenizing the label suggests 2 words: publishers, weekly. Expect 8 characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.publishersweekly.com

Page Load Overview

4.88s
Total Load Time
2.7 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:80%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:75,655 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

entertainment media91% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural+ocr_tiebreaker

All Detected Categories

entertainment media
91%
adult content
61%
news media journalism
56%
government public service
52%
education learning
50%

Detected Features

Login Form
Search
OG: article

Domain & IP Information

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265.9.130.96Cloudfront · CDNUnited States
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252.222.136.34Cloudfront · CDNUnited States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
291.228.74.200Aws · CLOUDUnited Kingdom
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
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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

T112F0DD829C00691D2A143616FEC03064C8D95DA8E6534484E9C4066E8CD4FD848D763A

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

12:hlt/j2wm1Mj//AyLpAG+eHesXGuqjGwiccjyhkwhbAVG:hld2Wj//AOp2eHeUGTG8c2heVG

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:636:AAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAEQAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAQACAAACCgAAIABAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAA

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:ff83c3cbcfcfffc0
Perceptual Hash:b839c68792b171c7
Difference Hash:2a22929b1b1e2621
Wavelet Hash:e383c3c3cfc3c3c0
Color Hash:#9fac53

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