# PhishDestroy threat dossier — krakengate.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-27 09:25:08 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/krakengate.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 67/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Kraken ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/94 security vendors flagged this domain ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: ["dana.ns.cloudflare.com", "otto.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-03-29 Page title: krakengate.com | 526: Invalid SSL certificate ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-06-11 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b956f1504d4b44a26f49a906f0ae9c3d89f09b11ea2ef9a436d5cde68f1ce3f1 ## 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: 2026-03-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-03-29 03:13:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-03-29 00:15:52 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-22 19:40:23 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-21 22:03:14 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d36ee-a5b5-748f-ae66-607d88507404/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/514b7617-ece8-4542-8919-60bf33d4fd9d Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/krakengate.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.krakengate.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=krakengate.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/krakengate.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/krakengate.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-29 03:14:36 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies krakengate.com as an active brand-impersonation domain targeting Kraken users. This site attempts to trick visitors into connecting wallets or entering API keys under the guise of a legitimate Kraken service. Domain intelligence shows krakengate.com resolving to IP 188.114.96.3, registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED on May 22, 2025. VirusTotal currently reports 0/95 detections and the domain holds an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services LLC, which may lend a false sense of legitimacy. No known listings on public blocklists or threat-intel feeds at this time, suggesting this is either very new or deliberately subtle in operation. Users should assume this domain is malicious and avoid all interaction. Never connect wallets, enter login credentials, or download files from krakengate.com. If you visited this domain, disconnect your wallet immediately, revoke any unintended approvals via tools like revoke.cash, and scan your device with updated antivirus software. Report the domain to PhishDestroy to help block further abuse. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260329-B7582F TLS cert SHA-256: b956f1504d4b44a26f49a906f0ae9c3d89f09b11ea2ef9a436d5cde68f1ce3f1 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/krakengate.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=krakengate.com 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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io