# PhishDestroy threat dossier — dauntr.link
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Fetched:   2026-06-26 17:47:50 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/dauntr.link/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.18.32
Registrar:       Tucows Domains Inc.
Nameservers:     ["arch.ns.cloudflare.com", "nia.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-06-08
Expires:         2028-01-30
Page title:      Darknet Link Directory - Daunt

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-07-26
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 106d6d1ccc46b30c113effee7130c754338c51dc3b1ded00f41aa48f0d534abf

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-06-08 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-09 05:15:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-08 19:48:07 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-26 16:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-17 18:21:24 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-26 01:03:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Analysis indicates dauntr.link operated as a generic phishing infrastructure presenting itself as a “Darknet Link Directory - Daunt” portal designed to funnel users into a curated link hub associated with illicit navigation themes. The observed content and classification align with fake login / credential-harvesting behavior typical of link-directory lures rather than legitimate indexing services. The structure suggests a lure-based navigation hub intended to aggregate external redirect paths, a common pattern in phishing entry pages used to distribute downstream malicious destinations.

Technical telemetry shows VirusTotal detection ratio of 5/95 security vendors, indicating moderate malicious consensus. The domain was registered through Tucows Domains Inc. and resolves to IP address 104.21.18.32. Creation date is recorded as June 08, 2026. Infrastructure analysis notes deployment behind Cloudflare with HTTP/3 support and TLS issued via Let's Encrypt. The domain appears on 1 security blocklist and is referenced in 4 AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulses. Additional reputation scoring reports a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100.

At present, the domain status is reported as taken offline, suggesting disruption of active hosting; however historical telemetry indicates prior exposure across multiple threat intelligence feeds. The combination of low trust scoring, confirmed blocklist presence, and multi-vendor detections supports a high confidence phishing classification. Despite takedown status, residual risk persists through potential reactivation, mirror deployment, or infrastructure reuse under similar patterns. Historical indicators of compromise may be reused across redeployments, making continuous monitoring necessary. Users should avoid any historical URLs or cached pages associated with the domain, as link-directory phishing kits often migrate rapidly across newly registered infrastructure.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 5/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       f2c2d4f032ef1bb6554b6d85f80d4000
TLS cert SHA-256:      106d6d1ccc46b30c113effee7130c754338c51dc3b1ded00f41aa48f0d534abf

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/dauntr.link/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=dauntr.link
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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