# PhishDestroy threat dossier — kucoinbuy.top
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 11:26:14 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/kucoinbuy.top/

## 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:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: LevelBlue, SOCRadar
URLQuery:        2 detections
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      38.181.57.176 (US, Los Angeles)
ASN:             AS140227 Hong Kong Communications International Co., Limited
Hosting org:     Hong Kong Communications International Co., Limited
Registrar:       NameMart Pte. Ltd.
Nameservers:     ns1.domainnamedns.com, ns2.domainnamedns.com, ns3.domainnamedns.com, ns4.domainnamedns.com
Registered:      2026-06-10
Expires:         2027-06-10
Page title:      KuCoin

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-09-08
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 57510e60ff420bd965cc208691ffdce76c79f1babeb67b8aa44e9e5494a2c08d
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.kucoinbuy.top

## 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: 2026-06-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-14 14:14:56 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-14 13:13:41 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 12:24:56 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f608c-7fd3-7143-9d05-201af1067787/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/f4abb1fd-18c8-431f-b7c6-ff055a73e547
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/kucoinbuy.top
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.kucoinbuy.top
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=kucoinbuy.top
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/kucoinbuy.top
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/kucoinbuy.top/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-14 14:20:26 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

kucoinbuy.top: Confirmed Phishing Site

Analysis of the domain kucoinbuy.top indicates that it was created on 10 June 2026 and is currently registered through NameMart Pte. Ltd. The domain remains active and is served by four authoritative name servers – ns1.domainnamedns.com, ns2.domainnamedns.com, ns3.domainnamedns.com and ns4.domainname – which resolve the host to the IP address 38.181.57.176. The threat classification is listed as generic_phishing, and the risk level is under investigation. No additional intelligence such as page content, detection counts, or malware signatures is presently available, leaving the exact phishing payload and target brand unconfirmed. Defenders should treat the domain as malicious, enforce network‑level blocking of the domain and its resolved IP, and add the indicator to threat‑intel feeds. Continuous monitoring for any changes in its DNS configuration or hosting infrastructure is advised, and any observed traffic should be logged for further forensic analysis.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260714-E15735
Favicon MD5:       91177c9456397eea520ad219278647e7
TLS cert SHA-256:      57510e60ff420bd965cc208691ffdce76c79f1babeb67b8aa44e9e5494a2c08d

## 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/kucoinbuy.top/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=kucoinbuy.top
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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