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Security Scan Report: theonion.com

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Submitted: Mar 3, 2026, 7:11:27 AMCompleted: Mar 3, 2026, 7:12:47 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 9 IPs in 2 countries across 9 domains to perform 1 HTTP transaction. 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

Safe Website

Confidence: 96%

1
Risk Score

The Onion is a legitimate, long‑standing satirical news site with no malicious indicators.

Safety Factors
Well‑established domain (>30 years)
Brand claim matches domain
No credential exfiltration or suspicious cross‑origin requests
No malicious Indicators of Compromise
No JavaScript malware or IDS alerts
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Home - The Onion

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

entertainment media

(69%)

Domain Information

Domain 'theonion.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) and has no subdomain. The registrable portion 'theonion' spans 8 characters holding 4 vowels versus 4 consonants. Tokenizing the label suggests two words: the, onion. Median word length is four characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://theonion.com

Page Load Overview

5.20s
Total Load Time
157
HTTP Requests
41
Domains
3.4 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:9,281 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

entertainment media69% confidence
Type: webapp
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

entertainment media
69%
news media journalism
68%
healthcare medical
63%
adult content
56%
news/blog
20%

Detected Features

Search
Articles
OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
2123.32.238.192Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
1723.32.238.211United States
AS54113
17192.0.66.2San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
17142.250.201.72United States
AS15169Google LLC
17172.64.147.188United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
1765.9.175.106United States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
17192.0.76.3San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
17192.0.66.48San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
17104.26.12.137United States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
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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

T1C5A4F771A32428F63DBF8795E818B329B004FA06CE0941DAF6E9C04897DDDF3596375A

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

6144:sWdgPDP6h4oQTZIUThBBTZIUThBLPDP6h4otZ7u0emlUYugC+S6PDiK16DX6DP6b:sWdxchx

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:477285:BkdNgAIKEAIxQYsxgMKUizkAQkxAAGQQQEOCIQQDKIsiMBJgDIorsEBBEBrgYAwEUGQAIYOaCQ2OkgARECokaoqWagEFqAZx

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:a5ffe3c3c3c3c3ff
Perceptual Hash:e08fcf728c216b8e
Difference Hash:4d49171715151723
Wavelet Hash:a1ffc3818181c3fb
Color Hash:#6ce0de

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:4d49171715151723,cac2b7bcbcd2c2e3,707064e0a8141653

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