# PhishDestroy threat dossier — crossword-today.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 23:55:06 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/crossword-today.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 84/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.222.60 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Nameservers: james.ns.cloudflare.com, magdalena.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-12 Expires: 2027-06-12 Page title: Crossword Today | Crossword Clues, Answers & Puzzle Help HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-10 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 54f06b1da883d51d8aa841ec87b2ce878a76df93d30caee058ca54a792ae2ed1 ## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-22 20:18:16 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-22 18:21:02 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 01:54:45 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f8b0b-fd49-7209-98a1-e8980535b745/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/454075fe-65fc-4c61-bd29-8e28a8985a32 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/crossword-today.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.crossword-today.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=crossword-today.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/crossword-today.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/crossword-today.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-22 20:18:48 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] crossword-today.com Generic Phishing Alert Analysis of crossword-today.com shows a domain registered through Spaceship, Inc. on June 12 2026. The domain is delegated to Cloudflare nameservers james.ns.cloudflare.com and magdalena.ns.cloudflare.com, and resolves to the IP address 172.67.222.60, which belongs to Cloudflare's edge network. VirusTotal has recorded a scan by 95 antivirus and URL‑reputation vendors; none reported a detection, but the lack of a positive flag does not constitute confirmation of benign intent. The domain is listed on a single public phishing blocklist and is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy service, indicating that at least one security organization has observed malicious activity associated with the domain. No additional public intelligence such as Safe Browsing, OTX, or SSL certificate details is available at this time. The limited evidence points to an infrastructure typical of short‑lived phishing campaigns that rely on reputable hosting providers to hide behind shared IP space. Defenders should continue to monitor the domain, enforce outbound URL filtering for the resolved IP, and consider adding the domain to internal blocklists. Additional investigation, including live page retrieval and credential‑harvest analysis, is recommended to determine the exact phishing payload and target brand, if any. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260722-3D0D52 Favicon MD5: 000bf649cc8f6bf27cfb04d1bcdcd3c7 TLS cert SHA-256: 54f06b1da883d51d8aa841ec87b2ce878a76df93d30caee058ca54a792ae2ed1 ## 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/crossword-today.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=crossword-today.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: 208,142 domains (83,075 alive under monitoring, 124,036 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io