# PhishDestroy threat dossier — buffalowildswings.biz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 07:11:51 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/buffalowildswings.biz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: 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: garrett.ns.cloudflare.com, raphaela.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-18 Expires: 2027-06-18 Page title: Buffalo Wild Wings | Wings. Beer. Sports HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-16 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 0ec484a292b633beec7059e9d16a2b9ca4439c96c707827b090435de8294824d ## 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: 2026-06-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 15:41:25 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-02 08:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:18:17 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0e75-4c7d-716d-9c1e-d568f992211d/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/buffalowildswings.biz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.buffalowildswings.biz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=buffalowildswings.biz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/buffalowildswings.biz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/buffalowildswings.biz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 15:45:53 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain buffalowildswings.biz is currently active and classified as a high-risk brand impersonation phishing site. Analysis indicates the domain is designed to mimic the official Buffalo Wild Wings platform, a well-known restaurant chain specializing in wings, beer, and sports entertainment. The site presents itself with the page title 'Buffalo Wild Wings | Wings. Beer. Sports,' a clear attempt to deceive users into believing they are interacting with the legitimate brand. This type of threat typically aims to harvest login credentials, payment details, or personal information from unsuspecting visitors under the guise of a trusted service. Infrastructure analysis reveals several concerning technical indicators. The domain resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3 and was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with suspicious domains. Despite its recent creation date of June 18, 2026, the domain has already been flagged by 1 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating early detection of malicious intent. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, which, while legitimate, does not mitigate the domain's fraudulent nature. No additional blocklist entries or trust scores were identified at the time of assessment, but the single detection on VirusTotal is sufficient to classify this as a high-risk threat. Current status confirms the domain remains active, posing an ongoing risk to users. The combination of brand impersonation, recent registration, and minimal but present detection by security vendors underscores the need for immediate caution. Users are strongly advised to avoid interacting with buffalowildswings.biz and to verify the authenticity of any Buffalo Wild Wings-related communications through official channels. Organizations should consider implementing DNS-based blocking for this domain and its associated IP address to prevent potential credential theft or financial fraud. Monitoring for similar domains registered under the same registrar or resolving to the same IP may also help mitigate broader phishing campaigns. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 463532b964fadb7cabb918b957366e95 TLS cert SHA-256: 0ec484a292b633beec7059e9d16a2b9ca4439c96c707827b090435de8294824d ## 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/buffalowildswings.biz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=buffalowildswings.biz 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: 173,583 domains (14,589 alive under monitoring, 158,288 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io