# PhishDestroy threat dossier — espressonisten.de
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Fetched:   2026-07-26 16:59:53 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/espressonisten.de/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_split) (score: 1/6)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      9/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  6 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      167.71.45.8 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
ASN:             ASAS14061 DIGITALOCEAN-ASN - DigitalOcean, LLC, US
Hosting org:     AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Nameservers:     ["ns6.kasserver.com", "ns5.kasserver.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      „Kaffee ist Kunst – und die ist erlernbar!" - die espressonisten
HTTP response:   308

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-05-29
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 90f35b079eb8b46f5ff50282153addbfd5394d2cb81c9aaf0432bc286515d375
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.espressonisten.de

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## 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:    2026-02-26 23:21:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:21:10 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-26 18:42:55 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 15:24:19 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019cd1c0-ab72-7433-a92a-922467901243/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/f35e25c3-372c-486d-8de7-9177855a39ec
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/espressonisten.de
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.espressonisten.de
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=espressonisten.de
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/espressonisten.de
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/espressonisten.de/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-12 18:55:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

espressonisten.de Safety Check — Phishing Site Detected

The domain espressonisten.de is currently active and has been classified as a high‑risk generic phishing site. It was registered on 21 February 2026 and resolves to the IPv4 address 167.71.45.8, which belongs to AS14061, a DigitalOcean hosting network located in Germany. Authoritative name servers are ns5.kasserver.com and ns6.kasserver.com, indicating use of a typical German reseller DNS service. Passive reconnaissance shows the web server returns an HTTP 308 permanent redirect and serves content over TLS with a valid certificate. The site runs a WordPress stack built on PHP, MySQL, Nginx and includes common front‑end libraries such as jQuery, jQuery Migrate and FlexSlider. Reputation services flag the domain as malicious: six of ninety‑five VirusTotal scanners have flagged it, Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 / 100, and the domain appears on two public blocklists. AlienVault OTX records link the domain to six distinct threat‑intel pulses. The only publicly visible indicator of the page’s purpose is the title “„Kaffee ist Kunst – und die ist erlernbar!“ – die espressonisten”, which does not reference a specific brand or credential‑collection page. No further content analysis is available, so the exact phishing lure (e.g., credential harvesting, payment fraud) remains uncertain. The lack of additional artefacts prevents precise attribution of a phishing kit or malware payload. Given the high risk rating, the confirmed hosting, and the multiple detections, defenders should block DNS resolution and HTTP/S traffic to espressonisten.de at perimeter devices. Continuous monitoring of the IP address and associated name servers is advised to detect any pivot or redeployment. Incident response teams should treat any credential or payment data submitted to this domain as compromised and advise affected users to reset credentials immediately.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       a6687a7868c4a379c942e20474ffa9b1
TLS cert SHA-256:      90f35b079eb8b46f5ff50282153addbfd5394d2cb81c9aaf0432bc286515d375

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