# PhishDestroy threat dossier — deutschenews.help ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 05:02:18 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/deutschenews.help/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 93/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Brand Impersonation ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ESET, Yandex Safebrowsing Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Nameservers: adel.ns.cloudflare.com, bruce.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-26 Expires: 2027-05-26 HTTP response: 502 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-05-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-25 13:50:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-25 11:52:27 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-13 06:47:10 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-26 00:02:48 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019efe9d-0322-76ce-aead-c408fb8bdd6b/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/d0456aea-3ec8-484d-9911-fc75b56ed599 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/deutschenews.help crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.deutschenews.help Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=deutschenews.help AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/deutschenews.help URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/deutschenews.help/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 17:58:49 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, deutschenews.help, is actively engaged in brand impersonation phishing, specifically targeting German-speaking audiences by mimicking legitimate news portals. The site is designed to deceive visitors into believing they are accessing authentic news content, potentially leading to credential harvesting, malware distribution, or misinformation campaigns. Analysis indicates the domain is currently operational and has not been taken down despite its malicious intent. Infrastructure analysis reveals critical indicators of compromise. The domain is flagged by 2 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, a notably low but still relevant detection rate suggesting evasion techniques. It was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on May 26, 2026, a future date that may indicate falsified registration details or a typo in the data. The domain resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3, hosted on Cloudflare’s infrastructure (AS13335), which is frequently leveraged to obscure the true origin of malicious sites. Additionally, deutschenews.help appears on one security blocklist and is actively blocked by PhishDestroy. The absence of an SSL certificate further undermines its legitimacy, as modern browsers flag such sites as insecure. The current status of deutschenews.help remains active, posing an ongoing threat to unsuspecting users. Organizations and individuals are advised to block the domain and its associated IP address at the network level. End-users should be cautioned against interacting with the site, particularly if they encounter it through unsolicited emails, social media links, or search engine results. Given the domain’s use of Cloudflare, additional scrutiny of traffic originating from or destined to 188.114.96.3 is recommended. If brand impersonation is confirmed, affected entities should pursue takedown procedures through the registrar, Spaceship, Inc., and report the domain to relevant cybersecurity authorities for further action. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260625-65F790 ## 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/deutschenews.help/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=deutschenews.help 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: 178,009 domains (49,743 alive under monitoring, 128,266 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io