# PhishDestroy threat dossier — 898a166.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-29 18:34:14 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/898a166.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 84/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ["davina.ns.cloudflare.com", "hugh.ns.cloudflare.com"]
HTTP response:   200

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 13:00:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-29 16:20:32 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 21:56:27 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

898a166.com used for high‑risk generic phishing campaign

Analysis of the domain 898a166.com as of July 19, 2026 indicates that it is actively serving content (HTTP 200) and is associated with a generic phishing campaign. VirusTotal records show that three of ninety‑one security vendors have flagged the domain, suggesting a modest but non‑trivial detection rate. The domain is listed on a single security blocklist and is explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy filtering service, confirming that at least one commercial sinkhole recognizes it as malicious. The current status remains active, meaning the infrastructure is still reachable and may be used to host credential‑stealing pages or to relay malicious links. No additional intelligence such as hosting ASN, geographic location, or specific phishing kit has been disclosed, leaving the broader infrastructure and the intended target audience uncertain. Defenders should add 898a166.com to outbound and inbound block rules, monitor DNS queries for resolutions to this domain, and ensure that email security gateways reference the latest blocklists that include it. Organizations that employ URL filtering should verify that their solutions recognize the domain as malicious, and incident response teams should treat any traffic to or from the domain as potentially compromised. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as the threat actor may modify the hosting environment or launch new campaigns using the same domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       1383544cf5f52e3d01c248ebaaf4e391

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates:
  - VirusTotal positive ratio
  - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus,
    CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB)
  - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor)
  - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.)
  - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing
  - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts
  - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording)
  - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures)
  - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...)
  - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal)
  - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record)
  - Human researcher sign-off (operator takedown team)

A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does
NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their
first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite
score and the individual indicators above, not just VT.

## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/898a166.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=898a166.com
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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