# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bubacrosswords.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-29 02:57:18 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bubacrosswords.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 85/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.59.31 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Spaceship, Inc.
Nameservers:     james.ns.cloudflare.com, magdalena.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-16
Expires:         2027-06-16
Page title:      Buba Crosswords – Daily Crossword Puzzles to Print and Solve
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-14
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 85c9d1592a82a15451f052a313402cd44389cff9df12c8e6b702487d28cbd4db

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-06-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-22 20:18:18 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-22 18:20:07 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-29 04:25:52 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f8b0b-fc4a-7418-a26c-ba682e7babd1/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/24cb093b-9ed5-46a4-b85b-54b15f1ac170
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/bubacrosswords.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bubacrosswords.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bubacrosswords.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bubacrosswords.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bubacrosswords.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-22 20:18:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

bubacrosswords.com — Cloudflare-hosted phishing domain under

This domain, bubacrosswords.com, was registered on June 16, 2026, through Spaceship, Inc. and remains active as of July 22, 2026. Infrastructure analysis reveals it is hosted on Cloudflare nameservers (james.ns.cloudflare.com and magdalena.ns.cloudflare.com) and resolves to the IP address 104.21.59.31. The domain appears on one security blocklist, specifically PhishDestroy, indicating preliminary detection as a potential phishing threat.

No additional brand targeting, scam classification, or page content details are currently available, and the exact nature of the phishing activity remains unconfirmed. VirusTotal scans by 95 vendors returned no detections, though this absence does not confirm safety or legitimacy. Defenders should treat this domain as suspicious based on its recent registration, Cloudflare hosting, and presence on a security blocklist.

Further monitoring and analysis are recommended to assess its threat level, particularly given the lack of widespread detection at this time. No HTTP response, SSL certificate details, or additional threat intelligence sources are available for deeper evaluation.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260722-F45272
Favicon MD5:       000bf649cc8f6bf27cfb04d1bcdcd3c7
TLS cert SHA-256:      85c9d1592a82a15451f052a313402cd44389cff9df12c8e6b702487d28cbd4db

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