Security Scan Report: theonion.com

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Submitted: Dec 1, 2025, 9:01:30 AMCompleted: Dec 1, 2025, 9:04:11 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 298 IPs in 11 countries across 117 domains to perform 712 HTTP transactions. The main domain is theonion.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://theonion.com/

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #161,766 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Low Risk

Confidence: 72%

3
Risk Score

Site appears legitimate but shows low ranking and many redirects, warranting caution.

Risk Factors
Low ranking for brand claim (rank >100k)
Excessive redirect chain (20 redirects)
Password field on a domain with unknown age
Safety Factors
Final URL matches the official brand domain (theonion.com)
No malicious Indicators of Compromise matches found
No payment collection forms present
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Home - The Onion

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

adult content

(81%)

Domain Information

The domain 'theonion.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) and has no subdomain. Count 8 characters in 'theonion' with 4 vowels and 4 consonants. Segmentation suggests 2 words: the, onion. The median word length lands at four characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://theonion.com/

Page Load Overview

1.57s
Total Load Time
712
HTTP Requests
117
Domains
20.2 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-US
Text Length:8,725 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

adult content81% confidence
Type: webapp
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

adult content
81%
news media journalism
80%
healthcare medical
69%
entertainment media
68%
education learning
54%

Detected Features

Search
Articles
OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
118142.250.74.202United States
AS15169GOOGLE
102192.0.66.48San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635AUTOMATTIC
67142.250.74.194United States
AS15169GOOGLE
67142.250.186.134United States
AS15169GOOGLE
40142.250.185.110United States
AS15169GOOGLE
21142.250.185.162United States
AS15169GOOGLE
18142.251.140.174United States
AS15169GOOGLE
16142.250.185.66United States
AS15169GOOGLE
13142.250.185.161United States
AS15169GOOGLE
12142.250.181.227United States
AS15169GOOGLE
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Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

Image Hashes

Perceptual Hashes

Average Hash:N/A
Perceptual Hash:N/A
Difference Hash:N/A
Wavelet Hash:N/A
Color Hash:N/A

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:N/A

Scan History

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