# PhishDestroy threat dossier — krkn.club ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-27 23:52:45 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/krkn.club/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 77/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Targeted brand: Kraken ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 14/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.148.199 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 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: karl.ns.cloudflare.com, teagan.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2024-01-15 Expires: 2027-01-15 Page title: KRAKEN HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 0450d8a675544867dcf086db9ff74cf9a4d83954aa11ef48a029ab271236f4e9 ## 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: 2024-01-15 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-26 22:01:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-28 00:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-27 00:01:07 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0584-e71e-76d8-bc2a-3506da3f5a54/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/krkn.club crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.krkn.club Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=krkn.club AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/krkn.club URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/krkn.club/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-27 00:02:46 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, krkn.club, is flagged for brand impersonation targeting Kraken, a major cryptocurrency exchange platform. Analysis indicates the site was designed to deceive users into believing they are interacting with the legitimate Kraken platform, likely to harvest login credentials or distribute crypto-draining malware. The page title explicitly mimics the official Kraken branding, increasing the likelihood of successful social engineering attacks against users unfamiliar with domain spoofing tactics. Technical evidence supports the classification of this domain as malicious. The domain was registered on January 15, 2024, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. VirusTotal reports that 14 out of 95 security vendors have flagged krkn.club as malicious, with detections spanning phishing, brand impersonation, and potential crypto-related fraud. The domain resolved to the IP address 188.114.96.3 and was listed in one AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulse, further corroborating its association with malicious activity. The SSL certificate, issued by Google Trust Services, does not mitigate the risk, as threat actors commonly leverage valid certificates to lend credibility to fraudulent sites. Users who visited krkn.club should take immediate action to mitigate potential risks. If credentials were entered, reset passwords for Kraken and any other accounts where the same credentials may have been reused. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on all critical accounts to prevent unauthorized access. Monitor financial and cryptocurrency accounts for unauthorized transactions, and report any suspicious activity to the relevant platform. Additionally, scan the device used to access the domain for malware, as the site may have attempted to deliver malicious payloads. Organizations should update blocklists to include krkn.club and its associated IP address to prevent further exposure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 7a8920b132f3579d7b00abf8a49c6df5 TLS cert SHA-256: 0450d8a675544867dcf086db9ff74cf9a4d83954aa11ef48a029ab271236f4e9 ## 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/krkn.club/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=krkn.club 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: 170,941 domains (12,724 alive under monitoring, 157,804 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io