# PhishDestroy threat dossier — abqweather.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-25 21:31:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/abqweather.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 68/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      16/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       eNom, LLC
Nameservers:     ["ns1.dreamhost.com", "ns2.dreamhost.com", "ns3.dreamhost.com"]
HTTP response:   404

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: CLOSED — no report required.
This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either
the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the
operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file
for audit but no formal notice was sent.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 13:00:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-25 20:20:22 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-20 00:25:44 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 21:21:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

abqweather.com — Phishing Investigation Report

The domain abqweather.com is currently classified as a generic phishing site and remains active as of the July 19, 2026 reporting date. VirusTotal analysis shows that 16 of 91 security vendors have flagged the domain, indicating moderate detection across multiple scanning engines. The domain appears in a single AlienVault OTX pulse, confirming its presence in external threat‑intel feeds. HTTP responses return a 301 redirect, suggesting the site is forwarding traffic to another location, a common tactic for phishing infrastructure. Defensive feeds have already taken action: PhishDestroy has blocked the domain and it is listed on one additional security blocklist. The risk level is marked high, reflecting the potential impact of credential harvesting or malicious redirects. At present, no further details about the hosting infrastructure, registrar, or payload are publicly disclosed. Defenders should continue to block abqweather.com at network perimeter and endpoint layers, monitor DNS queries for related look‑alike domains, and ensure that detection signatures are updated to include the observed 301 redirect behavior.

## 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/abqweather.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=abqweather.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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