# PhishDestroy threat dossier — marketbuffalo.click
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Fetched:   2026-06-19 12:26:29 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/marketbuffalo.click/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      26/91 security vendors flagged this domain
AlienVault OTX:  3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      31.56.229.111
Registrar:       DYNADOT LLC
Nameservers:     ns1.dyna-ns.net, ns2.dyna-ns.net
Registered:      2026-05-27
Expires:         2027-05-27
Page title:      Personal Banking | M&T Bank

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-08-25
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 0a234c993240c578976e9a0c0633b9d4a912fa56364b32eb4f300fbfa648c9f6
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.marketbuffalo.click

## 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: 2026-05-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-16 08:51:55 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-17 16:21:34 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-19 12:20:44 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-18 00:06:34 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/019ecf32-126d-7198-afff-936d62b6d09e/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/marketbuffalo.click
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.marketbuffalo.click
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=marketbuffalo.click
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/marketbuffalo.click
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/marketbuffalo.click/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:36:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain marketbuffalo.click was identified as a generic phishing threat, specifically designed to impersonate M&T Bank's personal banking login page. Currently offline, this domain posed a high risk to users who may have been tricked into entering sensitive credentials. The site's title, "Personal Banking | M&T Bank," closely mimicked the legitimate bank's interface, making it a convincing lure for unsuspecting victims.

Technical analysis reveals that marketbuffalo.click was registered through DYNADOT LLC on May 27, 2026, and resolved to IP address 31.56.229.111. It was flagged by 26 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating broad recognition as malicious. Additionally, it appeared on one security blocklist and was found in three AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulses. Google Safe Browsing also flagged the domain for phishing. The SSL certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt (R12), which is commonly abused by malicious actors due to its free and automated issuance.

Given the domain's high risk level and its impersonation of a major financial institution, users are strongly advised to avoid any interaction with marketbuffalo.click. PhishDestroy recommends that individuals who may have visited the site change their M&T Bank passwords immediately and enable multi-factor authentication. Always verify URLs directly by typing the bank's official web address into the browser, and report any suspicious domains to security authorities.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260617-304E80
TLS cert SHA-256:      0a234c993240c578976e9a0c0633b9d4a912fa56364b32eb4f300fbfa648c9f6

## 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/marketbuffalo.click/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=marketbuffalo.click
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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