Security Scan Report: www.howardcountymd.gov

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Submitted: Nov 2, 2025, 8:54:24 AMCompleted: Nov 2, 2025, 8:56:00 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 45 IPs in 2 countries across 11 domains to perform 104 HTTP transactions. The main domain is howardcountymd.gov and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.howardcountymd.gov/

AI Security Verdict

High Risk

Confidence: 92%

8
Risk Score

Legitimate government site but currently hosting malicious elf mirai malware; treat as high‑risk.

Risk Factors
Malicious path /sals serving elf mirai malware
Potential distribution of botnet malware to visitors
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Howard County | Howard County

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

government

(48%)

Domain Information

The domain name 'www.howardcountymd.gov' uses the United States government-restricted top-level domain (.gov) and includes subdomain 'www'. Count 14 characters in 'howardcountymd' containing four vowels alongside 10 consonants. Breaking it apart gives three words: howard, county, md. Median word length is 6 characters. 'howard' most often appears in Chinese (Pinyin). Secondary signals appear in Sinhala and English. Taken together, it feels Chinese (Pinyin).

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.howardcountymd.gov/

Page Load Overview

23.15s
Total Load Time
104
HTTP Requests
11
Domains
4.2 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
Text Length:39,093 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

government48% confidence
Type: webapp
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

government
48%
government public service
37%

Detected Features

Search

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
16172.66.171.172United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
2142.250.185.104United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2142.250.186.106United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2142.250.185.195United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2104.19.147.8United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
2216.239.32.36United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2216.239.34.36United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2142.251.140.170United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2142.250.181.234United States
AS15169GOOGLE
2142.250.184.238United States
AS15169GOOGLE
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Detected Technologies6

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1BC9452A1A275193A0197A7CB2222D33DF2A7DE44C120C152ABF4F36757C5E71CBB292D

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:HSSDV8DVEDVEQDVADV+N6fQDVcDV+pDVHDVPQDV0hDVAfV3a6VXNPOHHbH3KZd+Y:y99lU1xBQn

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:411514:lRCFyyAjCngTCFRgAAqlACpAgwMDuSfhsIIBY8QRBERRF7huwEuxIQ3YQsC8EABwgJiwcpAQCCokSpTBQASQJxiogAA0SgFc

These hashes enable detection of similar websites and malware variants by comparing content similarity even when exact matches aren't found.

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