# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bbc-world-news.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-30 11:49:52 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bbc-world-news.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 57/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.177.144 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: beth.ns.cloudflare.com, kip.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-25 Expires: 2027-06-25 Page title: bbc-world-news.com ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 9d9ca3573ab6a563ec11b1efb576a8ba012405002ef608c4e7a83dfaebef2579 ## 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: 2026-06-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 13:54:15 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-30 12:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:03:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0e13-db1b-741a-acc2-3888b7aafb33/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/bbc-world-news.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bbc-world-news.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bbc-world-news.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bbc-world-news.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bbc-world-news.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 15:02:05 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain bbc-world-news.com poses a high-risk threat of brand impersonation phishing. This domain is designed to mimic the legitimate BBC World News website, aiming to deceive users into believing they are interacting with a trusted source. The primary objective of this phishing domain is to steal personal and financial information, such as login credentials, credit card details, and other sensitive data. Analysis indicates that bbc-world-news.com has been flagged by only 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, suggesting that the domain may not be widely recognized as malicious yet. The domain was created on June 25, 2026, and is registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar known for being used in various cybercrime activities. The domain resolves to the IP address 104.21.56.48, which has not been widely reported on blocklists, indicating that the infrastructure is relatively new and may be part of a recently launched campaign. If users have visited bbc-world-news.com, they are advised to immediately change their passwords for any accounts they may have accessed while on the site, particularly those related to financial services and email accounts. Users should also monitor their financial statements and credit reports for any unauthorized transactions or activity. Additionally, users should report the incident to their respective security teams or IT departments and consider running a full system scan to ensure that no malware has been installed. Security professionals are encouraged to add this domain to their threat intelligence feeds and blocklists to prevent further access and potential data breaches. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 977101e7b795c6db07b447418cc626ae TLS cert SHA-256: 9d9ca3573ab6a563ec11b1efb576a8ba012405002ef608c4e7a83dfaebef2579 ## 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/bbc-world-news.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bbc-world-news.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 172,677 domains (12,746 alive under monitoring, 159,341 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io