Security Scan Report: news.ucsb.edu

Submitted: Apr 20, 2026, 10:26:06 AMCompleted: Apr 20, 2026, 10:27:42 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 6 IPs in 1 country across 6 domains to perform 1 HTTP transaction. The main domain is news.ucsb.edu and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://news.ucsb.edu/2026/022521/ucsbs-david-gross-wins-special-breakthrough-prize-fundamental-physics

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #72,682 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 96%

0
Risk Score

The page is a legitimate university news article with no signs of phishing or malware.

Safety Factors
Well‑established domain with high Cisco Umbrella ranking (top 100k)
Brand alignment between domain and content
Absence of malicious JavaScript or network alerts
No suspicious external links or redirects
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

UCSB’s David Gross wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics | The Current

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

education

(90%)

Domain Information

The domain name 'news.ucsb.edu' uses the sponsored educational top-level domain (.edu) and includes subdomain 'news'. Its registrable label 'ucsb' stretches across 4 characters holding one vowel versus 3 consonants. Word splitting yields 1 word: ucsb. Expect 4 characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://news.ucsb.edu/2026/022521/ucsbs-david-gross-wins-special-breakthrough-prize-fundamental-physics

Page Load Overview

7.26s
Total Load Time
34
HTTP Requests
7
Domains
1.8 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:8,373 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

education90% confidence
Type: dynamic
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

education
90%
news/blog
40%

Detected Features

OG: article

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
9142.250.186.42United States
AS15169Google LLC
5142.251.13.97United States
AS15169Google LLC
523.185.0.3United States
AS54113Fastly, Inc.
53.161.82.93United States
5104.20.20.192United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
5142.251.110.94United States
AS15169Google LLC
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Detected Technologies13

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1AF43D723A3E0013B455A01C0A9A5A70AF782D44BE64686D0F3AD470EEFDEDD2DD2E75D

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

1536:wyhfFYK343DVL89GeeeexeeeegeeeejeeeekeeeeReeeeY2lmeeeeveeeeDXeeeS:w0fFYK3UDVQ9mwxdGrkPb

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:59972:ZJkQiJkCIvQFkKFFWKLMxyhSklIDBbQWABCOB4JyEgkMAYQsEazQA9ZmLQicBMABIAELnJegWcAyBQgzBVRgCyRDG7BEqI9R

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:00ffdfffffffffff
Perceptual Hash:b05979644e797874
Difference Hash:b21e9610069e1e1e
Wavelet Hash:000000dfe7ffc7cf
Color Hash:#5378ac

Other Hashes

Scan History

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