# PhishDestroy threat dossier — kms-tools.net ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 19:27:35 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/kms-tools.net/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 9/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, ESTsecurity, Fortinet, Kaspersky, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.22.163 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Gransy, s.r.o. Nameservers: henry.ns.cloudflare.com, shaz.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-09-01 Expires: 2028-09-01 Page title: Download KMS Tools Free - Windows & Office Activation HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-04 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 218a8c44ea7cf1b3b49be6d9d81021043845ea646f63f446709e24ff828729e9 ## 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: 2025-09-01 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-02 15:09:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-02 13:32:29 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-02 20:20:35 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f22f1-4c59-725d-be18-542e5a6c2762/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/efdb1cc6-21d1-49e3-9891-206479ad333e Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/kms-tools.net crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.kms-tools.net Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=kms-tools.net AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/kms-tools.net URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/kms-tools.net/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-02 15:16:18 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, kms-tools.net, is flagged as a high-risk generic phishing site specializing in fraudulent software activation tools. Analysis indicates the site impersonates legitimate Windows and Office activation utilities, luring users with promises of free product keys. The infrastructure is designed to distribute malware under the guise of KMS (Key Management Service) tools, a common tactic in software piracy-related phishing campaigns. No specific brand affiliation is confirmed, but the site follows patterns observed in drainer kits targeting enterprise and personal software licenses. The absence of a known drainer kit signature suggests a custom or obfuscated payload delivery mechanism. Infrastructure analysis reveals critical technical indicators. The domain was registered on September 01, 2025, through Gransy, s.r.o., a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to IP address 104.21.22.163, a Cloudflare proxy endpoint often exploited to mask malicious origins. VirusTotal reports 9 out of 95 security vendors flagging the domain as malicious, with detections ranging from trojan distribution to phishing. AlienVault OTX lists the domain in two threat intelligence pulses, corroborating its involvement in malware campaigns. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, providing a false sense of security while the site remains unlisted in Google Safe Browsing (GSB) blocklists, likely due to recent registration or evasion techniques. The domain remains active as of the latest assessment, posing an ongoing threat to users seeking unauthorized software activation. Immediate response actions include blacklisting the domain across enterprise security gateways, blocking the associated IP at the network perimeter, and alerting users to the risks of downloading activation tools from unverified sources. Despite these measures, the remaining risk is elevated due to the domain's recent creation, proxy-based hosting, and lack of GSB detection. Users are advised to verify software authenticity through official channels and employ endpoint protection with behavioral analysis to detect post-execution payloads. Organizations should monitor for unusual outbound connections to 104.21.22.163 and review logs for interactions with kms-tools.net or similar domains. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260702-10CB5E Favicon MD5: bdfc938584850d87244b1293df900cbc TLS cert SHA-256: 218a8c44ea7cf1b3b49be6d9d81021043845ea646f63f446709e24ff828729e9 ## 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/kms-tools.net/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=kms-tools.net 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: 173,981 domains (14,672 alive under monitoring, 158,576 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io