# PhishDestroy threat dossier — linked-on.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-21 18:26:06 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/linked-on.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 24/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, AlphaSOC, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, BitDefender, Certego, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, Lumu, MalwareURL, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 9 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: brynne.ns.cloudflare.com, morgan.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-12 Expires: 2027-04-14 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-07-13 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8947650d78eb8776d5175cba8f478f357bc3211a6b8a46b3373bb3e4df96fd75 ## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-12 03:50:00 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-06-12 01:51:49 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-06-21 20:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-12 12:18:59 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019eb984-d453-70ac-8fc0-6ac2aeab12ad/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/1e78380d-36f1-41d6-b520-21dbcee233de Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/linked-on.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.linked-on.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=linked-on.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/linked-on.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/linked-on.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-13 11:42:50 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies linked-on.com as a credential harvesting domain, currently offline. This domain was flagged for impersonating LinkedIn, posing an elevated risk to users. The domain linked-on.com was registered through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com, resolves to IP 188.114.96.3, and has an SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt / E8. It was flagged by 24 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating a significant threat. The current status of linked-on.com is offline, but users are advised to remain cautious. To avoid similar threats, PhishDestroy recommends verifying the authenticity of websites, especially those requesting sensitive information, and being cautious of domains with low trust scores or those flagged by multiple security vendors. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260612-6AB670 TLS cert SHA-256: 8947650d78eb8776d5175cba8f478f357bc3211a6b8a46b3373bb3e4df96fd75 ## 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/linked-on.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=linked-on.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 167,415 domains (12,714 alive under monitoring, 154,383 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io