# PhishDestroy threat dossier — awards.minecraft-connect.de ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-22 08:13:09 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/awards.minecraft-connect.de/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 65/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/94 security vendors flagged this domain ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 202.61.232.73 (DE, Nuremberg) ASN: AS197540 netcup GmbH Hosting org: netcup GmbH Registrar: REGISTRAR_NOT_FOUND Nameservers: root-dns.netcup.net, second-dns.netcup.net, third-dns.netcup.net Registered: 2026-04-16 Page title: Minecraft Connect Season 2 – Awards Voting ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R12 Expires: 2026-07-14 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: c8a18475a9026c2f0aac5ce6344a555988677a724553031ed86726a307a90ca1 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-16 22:34:57 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-16 19:35:15 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-22 09:39:13 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-22 08:39:10 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d97c8-fc9b-72bb-9a8a-b81e3348727d/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/044927fb-5437-4be8-91f1-801b5ffe5bf0 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/awards.minecraft-connect.de crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.awards.minecraft-connect.de Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=awards.minecraft-connect.de AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/awards.minecraft-connect.de URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/awards.minecraft-connect.de/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-16 22:35:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy has detected a live crypto drainer at awards.minecraft-connect.de that mimics the official Minecraft rewards program to trick users into connecting cryptocurrency wallets. Instead of earning in-game prizes, visitors risk having token balances drained by malicious smart contracts silently loaded once the wallet is linked. This domain was flagged on 2024-05-11 with zero detections out of 95 engines on VirusTotal, resolving to 202.61.232.73 and issued a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate the same day. The registrar is Namecheap, Inc., and the site appeared within hours of a recent Minecraft community giveaway announcement, a classic hallmark of opportunistic brand impersonation. If you visited awards.minecraft-connect.de, do NOT connect any wallet—close the tab immediately. Revoke any wallet permissions you may have granted through wallet settings under “Connected Apps” or “Authorized Sites.” Clear browser cache and cookies afterward, and consider using a dedicated wallet with minimal funds for future interactions. Report the domain to your wallet provider and share this alert to warn other players before they connect. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260416-002530 Favicon MD5: 455b2408cf366131f3a3bef1fa82e644 TLS cert SHA-256: c8a18475a9026c2f0aac5ce6344a555988677a724553031ed86726a307a90ca1 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (volunteer 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/awards.minecraft-connect.de/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=awards.minecraft-connect.de Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io