# PhishDestroy threat dossier — mark-knopfler.shop ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-12 22:15:49 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mark-knopfler.shop/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 75/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 185.66.143.73 (NL, Amsterdam) ASN: AS200514 KnownSRV Ltd. Hosting org: KnownSRV Ltd Registrar: REGISTRAR_NOT_FOUND Nameservers: dexter.ns.cloudflare.com, zelda.ns.cloudflare.com Page title: Mark Knopfler Store - Official Mark Knopfler Merchandise Shop HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE2 Expires: 2026-09-19 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b9eb8c65f797ca6bf9ebdd4941089e085227e0817aabc20d998183dde4e1087e ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-12 17:41:30 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-13 00:15:20 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f56fd-2583-7409-a81b-830d7206f2c2/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/mark-knopfler.shop crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.mark-knopfler.shop Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=mark-knopfler.shop AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/mark-knopfler.shop URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/mark-knopfler.shop/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-13 00:15:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, mark-knopfler.shop, is under investigation as a phishing site targeting fans of the musician Mark Knopfler. Analysis indicates the site presents itself as an official merchandise store, with the page title explicitly stating 'Mark Knopfler Store - Official Mark Knopfler Merchandise Shop.' The domain resolves to the IP address 185.66.143.73, located in the Netherlands and associated with the hosting provider KnownSRV Ltd. Infrastructure analysis reveals the use of Cloudflare nameservers (dexter.ns.cloudflare.com and zelda.ns.cloudflare.com), a common tactic to obscure hosting details and evade takedown efforts. The domain has been flagged by one security blocklist, specifically PhishDestroy, and appears in a single threat intelligence pulse on AlienVault OTX, suggesting early detection by automated systems. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt, a legitimate provider, which does not mitigate the phishing risk but does indicate the site uses HTTPS. As of the latest scan, no antivirus vendors on VirusTotal have flagged the domain, though this absence of detections does not confirm safety and should not be interpreted as an all-clear. Defenders are advised to treat this domain as active and malicious, particularly given its explicit branding and known blocklist inclusion. Network-level blocking of the IP 185.66.143.73 and domain-level filtering of mark-knopfler.shop are recommended to prevent user exposure. Further analysis of the site's content and backend infrastructure is required to determine the full scope of the phishing operation, including payment redirection or credential harvesting mechanisms. Monitoring for related domains using similar naming conventions or infrastructure is also advised. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: bd5aad67e1295a778e57c24682cc5221 TLS cert SHA-256: b9eb8c65f797ca6bf9ebdd4941089e085227e0817aabc20d998183dde4e1087e ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mark-knopfler.shop/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=mark-knopfler.shop 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 177,899 domains (49,643 alive under monitoring, 128,256 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io