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Security Scan Report: tech.slashdot.org

Submitted: Apr 20, 2026, 10:32:14 AMCompleted: Apr 20, 2026, 10:33:56 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 8 IPs in 2 countries across 8 domains to perform 1 HTTP transaction. The main domain is tech.slashdot.org and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/19/2154219/nobel-prize-winning-physicist-predicts-humankind-wont-survive-another-50-years

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #85,903 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 96%

2
Risk Score

The site is a long‑standing, reputable tech news forum with no malicious indicators.

Safety Factors
Established domain with long registration history
Reputable ranking in Cisco Umbrella
Absence of malicious IoCs, YARA matches, or IDS alerts
Legitimate authentication flow
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Predicts Humankind Won't Survive Another 50 Years - Slashdot

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

forum

(50%)

Domain Information

The domain name 'tech.slashdot.org' uses the non-profit oriented generic top-level domain (.org) and includes subdomain 'tech'. Count 8 characters in 'slashdot' holding two vowels versus six consonants. Word splitting yields one word: slashdot. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/19/2154219/nobel-prize-winning-physicist-predicts-humankind-wont-survive-another-50-years

Page Load Overview

2.98s
Total Load Time
50
HTTP Requests
8
Domains
203 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
Text Length:40,640 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

forum50% confidence
Type: spa
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

forum
50%
news/blog
40%

Detected Features

Articles
Comments

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
8104.18.12.161United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
6104.18.17.56United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
687.230.98.76Germany
AS61157PlusServer GmbH
6104.18.4.215United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
6104.18.12.149United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
679.127.211.89United StatesUnknown
6104.18.5.215United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
646.22.41.108Germany
AS61157PlusServer GmbH
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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

T13354D77186EB18374B3372C27DAE6B2E71E34739E6424408BABE46105F8DE83B51653D

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:dibRiuIgWl7+1if/aiMzpO817pGNYQQ+l2CmKOEbKFvhp3e/th3EgeuhPg9:d0iuyl7+1BzMk7pGNYQQG2CmlXEhPg9

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:295528:SEMAqQAAAEtcFd8BAJYEcMyECEIQsigVIiQOEhgL0AaUtoQkoiRACEOSkMOkggiG7o0hQCpEQBCDARIJAAMUuC6eAUCoC+KZ

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:00fc18fefefeffff
Perceptual Hash:df56242b21294f4f
Difference Hash:07e860f8786862c6
Wavelet Hash:007c183e3c3c3f3f
Color Hash:#bf404a

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:07e860f8786862c6

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