# PhishDestroy threat dossier — krakengateway.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 14:03:05 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/krakengateway.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Kraken ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 8/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Sophos Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 5.78.184.96 (US, Hillsboro) ASN: AS212317 Hetzner Online GmbH Hosting org: HETZNER-DC Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ns59.domaincontrol.com, ns60.domaincontrol.com Registered: 2026-07-24 Expires: 2029-07-24 Page title: Kraken Gateway HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE2 Expires: 2026-10-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 14455d50fdcf6d88b3f3b814b10e8901a81c241a17b0c2e3532fde48a04a8817 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.krakengateway.com ## 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: 2026-07-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-28 18:11:33 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-28 16:15:15 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 12:23:01 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa97f-4b70-7427-977b-d845487849a4/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/156debd7-b31e-4e14-a25a-07b807ba2cf0 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/krakengateway.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.krakengateway.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=krakengateway.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/krakengateway.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/krakengateway.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-28 18:12:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] krakengateway.com: Confirmed Phishing Site The domain krakengateway.com was registered on 24 July 2026 through GoDaddy.com, LLC and is currently served by the authoritative nameservers ns59.domaincontrol.com and ns60.domaincontrol.com. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 5.78.184.96, which is the sole host observed for this indicator. The domain appears on three public security blocklists and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL filtering services. VirusTotal analysis shows that eight of ninety‑one scanned security vendors have raised detections against the domain, confirming malicious intent despite the relatively low overall count. The intelligence source classifies the activity as generic phishing and assigns a high risk rating; the campaign remains active at the time of reporting. No public information is available regarding the web content, TLS certificate details, HTTP response codes, or the specific phishing kit employed. Consequently, the exact victim‑facing payload and any targeted brand or credential‑stealing mechanism cannot be confirmed at this stage. The lack of disclosed page title or brand association limits attribution but does not diminish the observed malicious infrastructure. Defenders should prioritize immediate containment of krakengateway.com by adding the domain to DNS‑based deny lists and firewall rules. Network monitoring should include traffic to the IP address 5.78.184.96, and any outbound connections to that host should be logged and investigated. Given the recent registration date, threat‑intel feeds are likely to update with additional indicators; continuous re‑evaluation of blocklist status and VirusTotal scans is recommended. Organizations employing email gateways or web proxies are advised to enforce the existing blocklist entries and to consider proactive URL filtering for newly observed domains that resolve to the same hosting IP. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260728-F86C91 TLS cert SHA-256: 14455d50fdcf6d88b3f3b814b10e8901a81c241a17b0c2e3532fde48a04a8817 ## 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/krakengateway.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=krakengateway.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 195,478 domains (83,245 alive under monitoring, 109,716 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io