# PhishDestroy threat dossier — mckinsey-careers.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-07 01:00:19 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mckinsey-careers.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 61/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 10/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, SOCRadar, Sophos AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 63.176.8.218 (DE, Frankfurt am Main) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AWS EC2 (eu-central-1) Registrar: Name.com, Inc. Nameservers: dns1.p02.nsone.net, dns2.p02.nsone.net, dns3.p02.nsone.net, dns4.p02.nsone.net Registered: 2026-06-29 Expires: 2027-06-29 Page title: McKinsey Careers | Explore Opportunities ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-09-27 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 49166584c00316d70a325deacb6c5d6720dd0adc0ca4c172360633eb45816cf2 ## 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: 2026-06-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-06 22:41:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-07 03:00:11 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-07 00:01:01 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f3928-3d26-7203-b914-d6df94ec0e97/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/mckinsey-careers.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.mckinsey-careers.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=mckinsey-careers.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/mckinsey-careers.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/mckinsey-careers.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-06 22:45:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain mckinsey-careers.com is identified as a brand impersonation threat, aiming to deceive users by masquerading as an official McKinsey careers page. This type of phishing attack can lead to the unauthorized collection of sensitive personal information, such as login credentials or personal identification details, by tricking users into believing they are interacting with a legitimate company resource. Technical analysis reveals that this domain was created on June 29, 2026, and is still active, posing a continuous threat. It is registered through Name.com, Inc., and is currently secured with an SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt. The domain resolves to the IP address 63.176.8.218. Notably, on VirusTotal, 7 out of 95 security vendors have flagged this domain as malicious. These indicators underscore the high risk associated with interacting with this domain, as it is likely designed to exploit McKinsey's brand reputation for malicious purposes. Users who have visited mckinsey-careers.com are advised to immediately cease any interactions with the site and to conduct a thorough review of their online accounts for unusual activities. It is crucial to change passwords and enable multi-factor authentication wherever possible to safeguard against potential credential theft. Furthermore, informing the official McKinsey company and relevant security authorities about this impersonation attempt can assist in taking down the malicious domain, thereby protecting other potential victims. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 0d98ea94403f798156d27e639305660d TLS cert SHA-256: 49166584c00316d70a325deacb6c5d6720dd0adc0ca4c172360633eb45816cf2 ## 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/mckinsey-careers.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=mckinsey-careers.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 175,640 domains (12,488 alive under monitoring, 162,211 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io