# PhishDestroy threat dossier — api.linkwhatsapp.online
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Fetched:   2026-07-21 18:26:39 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/api.linkwhatsapp.online/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 55/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      9/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, LevelBlue, SOCRadar, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Nameservers:     ["ns1.dns-parking.com", "ns2.dns-parking.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 13:00:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-21 20:20:21 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-20 00:25:48 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 21:56:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Is api.linkwhatsapp.online a phishing domain?

api.linkwhatsapp.online is currently listed as an active generic phishing infrastructure. The domain returns an HTTP 301 redirect and has been blocked by the PhishDestroy feed. It appears on one public security blocklist and has attracted attention from VirusTotal, where nine of ninety‑one scanning engines flagged the host as malicious. The threat is categorized as generic phishing, but no additional details such as the impersonated brand or specific payload have been published. The limited visibility suggests that the site may be used to host credential‑harvesting pages or to relay traffic to downstream malicious hosts. Defenders should treat the domain as high‑risk: add it to DNS block lists, enforce outbound filtering for connections to the host, and consider sinkholing the domain if possible. Continuous monitoring of DNS queries and HTTP traffic for the domain is recommended, as further activity may emerge. Because the only concrete indicators are the redirect response, blocklist inclusion, and the nine VirusTotal detections, any remediation should be based on these observable artifacts while awaiting additional intelligence.

## 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/api.linkwhatsapp.online/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=api.linkwhatsapp.online
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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