# PhishDestroy threat dossier — dog.museum
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Fetched:   2026-06-10 04:34:34 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/dog.museum/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 62/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NETIM
Nameservers:     ["dylan.ns.cloudflare.com", "eleanor.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      DOGE Museum

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-05-17
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: edb427fc4d88b9cd44d2a308853d2dd5e9b6b9317f9ce20986922268f05bd774

## 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: 2026-02-21 (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: 2026-02-18 20:12:12 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-06-02 17:20:40 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-15 06:14:17 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

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)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019c7263-7ec5-76af-83c9-1da6e8cb145e/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/4ca24890-a865-464a-870e-ca94c54b605f
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/dog.museum
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.dog.museum
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=dog.museum
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/dog.museum
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/dog.museum/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 06:10:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has identified dog.museum as a generic phishing domain impersonating the DOGE Museum, a potential lure in cryptocurrency or NFT-related scams. Although the overall risk level is low, this domain was designed to deceive users into disclosing sensitive information under the pretense of a museum-themed experience.

The domain dog.museum was registered on February 21, 2026, through NETIM and resolved to IP address 188.114.96.3. It scored 0 out of 100 on Gridinsoft’s trust scale but appeared on three separate security blocklists. VirusTotal analysis flagged it by 2 out of 95 security vendors, indicating minimal but notable detection coverage.

Currently, the domain is offline, mitigating immediate risk. Users are advised to avoid visiting dog.museum or providing any credentials or personal data if encountered. Security teams should continue monitoring related IPs and blocklists for any resurgence or similar phishing campaigns leveraging the DOGE Museum theme.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260218-238220
Favicon SHA-256:       9257ba54f5c52213d5b6f25ed6695f083608c075899faf082651cea51d9cf0bc
TLS cert SHA-256:      edb427fc4d88b9cd44d2a308853d2dd5e9b6b9317f9ce20986922268f05bd774

## 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/dog.museum/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=dog.museum
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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