# PhishDestroy threat dossier — linea.airdropsalert.bar
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Fetched:   2026-06-27 14:13:02 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/linea.airdropsalert.bar/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Linea (and: google)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      17/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Kaspersky, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.58.206.36 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
ASN:             ASAS15169 GOOGLE, US
Hosting org:     AS15169 Google LLC
Registrar:       Dynadot LLC
Nameservers:     brenna.ns.cloudflare.com, hassan.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-10-20
Expires:         2026-10-20
Page title:      Google

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2025-10-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-11-08 19:19:12 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-27 12:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-02-23 03:15:03 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019a64e8-2dc0-762f-9a71-efe4f2fbbdcb/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/linea.airdropsalert.bar
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.linea.airdropsalert.bar
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=linea.airdropsalert.bar
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/linea.airdropsalert.bar
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/linea.airdropsalert.bar/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 04:39:39 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The site at linea.airdropsalert.bar was configured to impersonate the Linea brand as part of a cryptocurrency scam. Its page title displayed "Google," a misdirection likely intended to evade initial scrutiny. The primary threat posed by this domain was social engineering, designed to trick users into interacting with fraudulent cryptocurrency-related content, potentially leading to asset theft or credential compromise.

Technical analysis reveals the domain was flagged by 17 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors. Google Safe Browsing marked it for SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. It was flagged by ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, and CyRadar, and appeared on one blocklist. The domain was registered through Dynadot LLC on 2025-10-20, hosted on IP 216.58.206.36 (Germany, AS15169 Google LLC), and used nameservers brenna.ns.cloudflare.com and hassan.ns.cloudflare.com. No SSL certificate was present.

As of the report, the domain is DOWN/OFFLINE. Its risk score is 10 out of 10, indicating a critical threat level.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       e8972ce34a4545b33c3926a20c306b71

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/linea.airdropsalert.bar/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=linea.airdropsalert.bar
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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