# PhishDestroy threat dossier — checkingauthentication.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-08-01 16:07:09 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/checkingauthentication.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: paypal ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 15/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 176.123.0.55 (MD, Chisinau) ASN: ASAS200019 ALEXHOST SRL Hosting org: AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL Registrar: Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu Nameservers: ["ina1.registrar.eu", "ina2.registrar.eu", "ina3.registrar.eu"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: Connexion HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-19 13:53:54 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-08-01 16:21:20 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable 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/019c762b-b3b1-74c9-b09c-9972f0cfb9e7/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/checkingauthentication.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.checkingauthentication.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=checkingauthentication.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/checkingauthentication.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/checkingauthentication.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-23 15:02:08 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is checkingauthentication.com a Phishing Scam? The domain checkingauthentication.com is currently classified as a high‑risk generic phishing site. It was registered on February 21, 2026 through Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu and is served by the nameservers ina1.registrar.eu, ina2.registrar.eu, and ina3.registrar.eu. DNS resolution points to IP address 176.123.0.55, which belongs to AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL located in Moldova. The web server returns an HTTP 200 response and presents a page titled "Connexion"; no SSL certificate is presented, indicating that communications are unencrypted. Threat intelligence indicates that the site is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy service and appears on one public security blocklist, confirming that at least one defensive platform has identified it as malicious. VirusTotal analysis shows that 14 out of 93 scanning engines have flagged the domain, reinforcing the suspicion of malicious intent. While the page title offers limited insight into the specific lure employed, the combination of recent registration, lack of transport security, and multiple detection signals suggests an operational phishing campaign. Uncertainty remains regarding the exact content and target brand of the page, as no visual or content analysis is available. Defenders should continue to block the domain at network perimeter controls, enforce DNS sink‑holing for the associated IP, and monitor for any related indicators such as the observed nameservers or the hosting ASN. Ongoing observation of additional blocklist listings and further sandbox analysis would be advisable to refine remediation actions. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260219-FD5851 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/checkingauthentication.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=checkingauthentication.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 177,635 domains (72,461 alive under monitoring, 27,318 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io