# PhishDestroy threat dossier — kucoin.care
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Fetched:   2026-07-29 21:56:15 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/kucoin.care/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: KuCoin

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      15/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Netcraft, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      65.8.131.121 (NL, Amsterdam)
ASN:             AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Registrar:       Dominet (HK) Limited
Nameservers:     ns7.alidns.com, ns8.alidns.com
Registered:      2026-01-12
Expires:         2027-01-12
Page title:      kuCoin
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Amazon / Amazon RSA 2048 M04
Expires:    2027-02-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9f4ba9021ce9a33e42d36d9fd6e0ddb33fe524a6a9246ffc57e5d77a7045889c
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - kucoin.help

## 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: 2026-01-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-28 20:24:07 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-28 18:33:40 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-29 21:34:07 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019faa23-ea72-723b-b615-00b3680eca0a/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/2747227f-e780-4729-9a56-69d0657a735b
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/kucoin.care
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.kucoin.care
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=kucoin.care
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/kucoin.care
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/kucoin.care/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-28 20:58:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

kucoin.care Phishing Campaign Detected

The domain kucoin.care was registered on January 12, 2026 through Dominet (HK) Limited and is currently resolved to the IP address 18.239.36.8, which belongs to an AWS CloudFront node located in the Netherlands. DNS resolution is provided by the Alibaba Cloud nameservers ns7.alidns.com and ns8.alidns.com. The domain appears on three public security blocklists and is explicitly blocked by PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, indicating that multiple threat‑intelligence feeds have identified it as malicious.

VirusTotal scans show that fifteen of ninety‑one security vendors flagged the domain, reinforcing the suspicion of abuse. The threat is classified as a generic phishing campaign with a high risk rating and remains active as of the report date, July 28, 2026. Infrastructure analysis suggests the operator leveraged a reputable cloud CDN to obscure the origin of the malicious payload while using widely available DNS services to maintain flexibility.

No public page title, brand target, or detailed payload information is available, so the specific victim profile cannot be confirmed. Defenders should add kucoin.care to network‑level deny lists, enforce DNS filtering against the listed blocklists, and monitor for any traffic to the associated AWS CloudFront IP. Continuous re‑evaluation of the domain’s reputation is advised, as further indicators such as page content or credential‑harvesting behavior may emerge.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260728-ABC570
Favicon MD5:       0d7feda020772da8686a371ad1f3a930
TLS cert SHA-256:      9f4ba9021ce9a33e42d36d9fd6e0ddb33fe524a6a9246ffc57e5d77a7045889c

## 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/kucoin.care/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=kucoin.care
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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