Security Scan Report: www.sowetan.co.za

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Submitted: Jun 24, 2026, 10:42:45 PMCompleted: Jun 24, 2026, 10:44:51 PMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 2 HTTP transactions. The main domain is sowetan.co.za and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.sowetan.co.za/sport/fifa-world-cup-2026/2026-06-23-neymar-edges-toward-brazil-return-as-scotland-showdown-looms/

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 95%

0
Risk Score

The page is a legitimate news article with no phishing, malware, or scam indicators.

Safety Factors
Established domain age (~29 years)
Self‑branding, not impersonating another brand
No malicious network or IDS alerts
No external form submissions or credential exfiltration
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Access Denied

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

news media journalism

(52%)

Domain Information

The domain 'www.sowetan.co.za' uses the South African country-code top-level domain (.co.za) and includes subdomain 'www'. The core label 'sowetan' covers 7 characters with 3 vowels and four consonants. Breaking it apart gives 3 words: so, wet, an. Median word length is two characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.sowetan.co.za/sport/fifa-world-cup-2026/2026-06-23-neymar-edges-toward-brazil-return-as-scotland-showdown-looms/

Page Load Overview

21.24s
Total Load Time
666
HTTP Requests
163
Domains
15.1 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:17,688 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

news media journalism52% confidence
Type: static
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

news media journalism
52%
social media network
50%
entertainment media
46%
finance banking
40%
adult content
36%

Detected Features

Search
Articles
Comments
OG: article

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
6662.16.10.155Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
6661--

Detected Technologies1

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1A0E0CADFD08711094E05594E5C73760DFD173A35F65B1DD417C5F189D104DE8DC46465

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

6:qzxwyEr6VPWxxdGztAc4+yKqsmSN1xYHWgNZLxeMM4a4d7ZLxoKxvOKqz:kxVRpedgS1s3xYFNZLxe5Z4d7ZLxhGj

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:1:0:a7381f690c9102a0a11875fe6dec19cd

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:073fffffffffffff
Perceptual Hash:830303030337ffff
Difference Hash:ccc8000000000000
Wavelet Hash:033fffff00000000
Color Hash:#c579d2

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:ccc8000000000000

Scan History

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