Security Scan Report: polis.duke.edu

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Submitted: May 20, 2026, 3:52:03 PMCompleted: May 20, 2026, 3:54:16 PMpubliccompleted

Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 11 domains to perform 3 HTTP transactions. The main domain is polis.duke.edu and was registered 40 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://polis.duke.edu/former-congressman-barney-frank-defends-pragmatism-politics/

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #52,555 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 96%

1
Risk Score

The site is a legitimate, long‑standing educational article page with no phishing or malware indicators.

Safety Factors
Well‑established subdomain of duke.edu
Cisco Umbrella ranking within top 100 K (52555)
Page type is article (og:type=article) – content‑only, not a phishing kit
No external Indicators of Compromise or IDS alerts
No credential exfiltration or cross‑origin form submissions
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

polis.duke.edu

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

education

(45%)

Domain Information

The domain 'polis.duke.edu' uses the sponsored educational top-level domain (.edu); it also runs on subdomain 'polis'. The registrable portion 'duke' spans 4 characters holding 2 vowels versus two consonants. It segments into 1 word: duke. Expect 4 characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of alertbar.oit.duke.edu

Page Load Overview

43.06s
Total Load Time
47
HTTP Requests
11
Domains
579 KB
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:6,628 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

education45% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

education
45%
news/blog
30%
government public service
30%

Detected Features

Search
Comments
OG: article
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
47152.3.103.235Durham, North Carolina, United States
AS13371Duke University
471--

Page Statistics

47
Requests
11
Unique Domains
2.0 MB
Total Size

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T120048F773296063986558498F05B43099F21B143F50AC8BCB9BCBAD9BFDED06107BB78

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:3/Qho9PKBb9Js3q9Jzbs6tlg1ySBKwdQ9gcoIsPg2bMy8OldG:IhoC9JSqzzbs6okSjggcps42eAM

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:185401:D6FJKAC9JSAFAEyB0DoYIAmYB8hgEYAwAByQAeBARAGk8glFcYDGBkYIewiHgCRiBEYDI0jBgR1Sk1wBYmoBKECaAiFgMkAC

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:ffcfc3c7ffffffff
Perceptual Hash:b333cccccc633323
Difference Hash:00180c1c00000000
Wavelet Hash:fcdcc0c40f0f0f0f
Color Hash:#2d5cd2

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:00180c1c00000000

Scan History

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