# PhishDestroy domain threat record: merwen.co.za Content language: English Canonical HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/merwen.co.za/ Machine-readable companion: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/merwen.co.za/llm.txt ## Summary PhishDestroy stores a threat-intelligence record for this domain. This document reports the latest stored fields; it is not a real-time guarantee of availability or safety. ## Stored observations - Listed by PhishDestroy: yes - Availability at last stored check: observed active - First observed by PhishDestroy: 2026-10-19 01:23:06 UTC - Last availability or vendor check: 2026-10-22 10:29:48 UTC - Stored record updated: 2026-10-22 16:07:29 UTC - VirusTotal detections in the stored snapshot: 4/92 - Independent public blocklist matches in the stored snapshot: 0 - Google Safe Browsing stored result: flagged ## Stored classification - Targeted brand: adobe ## Stored infrastructure - Observed IP address: 67.225.177.94 - Registrar in stored WHOIS data: 1-Grid - Last stored HTTP status: 200 - Registration date in stored WHOIS data: 2014-05-07 17:15:23 UTC ## Evidence links - URLScan report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a151c1-fd2f-7218-afc2-072cb0dd1012/ - VirusTotal domain view: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/merwen.co.za - Certificate Transparency search: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.merwen.co.za - Web Archive lookup: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://merwen.co.za/ ## Corrections - Appeal or correct this record: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ - Methodology and help: https://phishdestroy.io/faq ## Stored PhishDestroy analysis Overview The domain merwen.co.za presents a page titled 'Cloud Share' while impersonating Adobe, targeting users expecting legitimate cloud storage services. PhishDestroy first observed this site on 2026-10-19 and lists it as unreachable but still active. The page title does not match the Adobe branding, indicating a mismatch between the content and the impersonated brand. How the scam works Visitors are lured by the Adobe Cloud Share theme to enter login credentials or download files, exposing them to credential theft or malware. The site’s fake Adobe interface is designed to appear legitimate, increasing the risk of users unknowingly surrendering sensitive data or installing harmful software. Anyone interacting with this page risks account takeovers, financial loss, or device compromise. Evidence VirusTotal flagged the domain with 4 detections out of 92 engines, including AlphaMountain.ai, CRDF, DNS8, and Gridinsoft. Google Safe Browsing classified it under SOCIAL_ENGINEERING, and urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict. The site is also listed on PhishDestroy and PhishFeed blocklists, with 5 OTX pulses confirming its malicious reputation. Infrastructure The domain was registered on 2014-05-07 via 1-Grid and is hosted on a Liquid Web, L.L.C. network (AS32244) in the US. The TLS certificate was issued by YR1. What to do If you visited or entered any information, immediately change passwords for the affected account and scan your device for malware. Avoid downloading files from this domain. For defenders, block merwen.co.za at the network level and monitor for related domains mimicking Adobe services. Useful links urlscan.io scan and screenshot: https://urlscan.io/result/01a151c1-fd2f-7218-afc2-072cb0dd1012/ VirusTotal report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/merwen.co.za Google Safe Browsing status: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=merwen.co.za Report phishing to Google: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/ Site owner? Request a review: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ Analysis generated: 2026-10-19 03:36:41 UTC ## Stored page captures - Primary capture: https://i.ibb.co/9kj6bRmX/b425e0cef3e5.png Captured: 2026-10-19 01:24:48 UTC - URLScan capture 1: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/01a151c1-fd2f-7218-afc2-072cb0dd1012.png Captured: 2026-10-19 01:24:48 UTC Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a151c1-fd2f-7218-afc2-072cb0dd1012/ - URLScan capture 2: https://urlscan.io/screenshots/01a14eb7-44ac-723f-97d4-8a4000de1071.png Captured: 2026-10-19 01:23:06 UTC Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a151c1-fd2f-7218-afc2-072cb0dd1012/ - Cloudflare Radar: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/382a676d-4ce9-4210-896e-c75fa1e48c6b.png Captured: 2026-10-19 01:24:41 UTC Source report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/382a676d-4ce9-4210-896e-c75fa1e48c6b SHA-256: 41580673322a6f396604da41e4d0c082b72b23996d3bfc4111fd4994e058adf4 - URLQuery: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/uq/252395ca-4723-4de8-ad3c-b54c88097f63.png Source report: https://urlquery.net/report/252395ca-4723-4de8-ad3c-b54c88097f63 SHA-256: 6e7b226f27270d2eae817a071a80070c1efad78a5acd5fd88967d03ae554a4c5 - URLScan · 2026-10-17: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a148c8-7b69-731b-9e05-0b473676085c.png Captured: 2026-10-17 07:34:32 UTC Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a148c8-7b69-731b-9e05-0b473676085c/ SHA-256: a57d28bfa3b2e53ec2c13e7ba087a2b66ed01301db3b4970d1259c8925fadf2e - URLScan · 2026-10-18: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a14d63-f48f-709f-890d-ff6c9702a79c.png Captured: 2026-10-18 05:02:48 UTC Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a14d63-f48f-709f-890d-ff6c9702a79c/ SHA-256: a57d28bfa3b2e53ec2c13e7ba087a2b66ed01301db3b4970d1259c8925fadf2e - URLScan · 2026-10-20: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a156fc-2c6d-7072-878e-2d6308a9f459.png Captured: 2026-10-20 01:45:37 UTC Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a156fc-2c6d-7072-878e-2d6308a9f459/ SHA-256: a57d28bfa3b2e53ec2c13e7ba087a2b66ed01301db3b4970d1259c8925fadf2e ## Collected source observations Provider observations retain their own timestamps. Capture links do not establish image content. Shared infrastructure does not identify an operator. ```json { "urlscan": { "v": 1, "fetched_at": "2026-10-20T20:51:24Z", "uuid": "01a151c1-fd2f-7218-afc2-072cb0dd1012", "scanned_at": "2026-10-19T01:23:58Z", "final_url": "https://merwen.co.za/wordpress", "status": 200, "redirected": "https-only", "redirects": [ { "to": "https://merwen.co.za/wordpress", "from": "http://merwen.co.za/wordpress", "status": 307 } ], "ip": "67.225.177.94", "ptr": "mail.24hsafety.co.za", "domains": [ "code.jquery.com", "maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com", "cdnjs.cloudflare.com", "kit.fontawesome.com", "fonts.googleapis.com", "ajax.googleapis.com" ], "ips": [ "104.17.25.14", "172.64.147.188", "142.250.195.138", "104.18.10.207", "151.101.65.155", "172.217.25.202", "67.225.177.94" ], "asns": [ "13335", "15169", "54113", "32244" ], "countries": [ "US" ], "doc_hash": "c14112b76bc6078cd0a453264861a91656dec684218d8025abd9a03fbda002fe", "globals": [ "$", "jQuery", "openPopup", "closePopup", "disp_pass", "hide_pass", "mandate", "tmer", "enable_timer", "Popper", "bootstrap", "hide_msg", "popupNode", "passBox", "passBox2", "secs", "timer_disp" ], "tls": { "san": [ "*.merwen.co.za", "merwen.co.za" ], "cipher": "AES_128_GCM", "issuer": "YR1", "subject": "*.merwen.co.za", "protocol": "TLS 1.2", "valid_to": "2026-11-17T18:48:02Z", "valid_from": "2026-08-19T18:48:03Z" }, "domain_age_days": 2675, "apex_age_days": 2675, "tls_age_days": 60, "tls_valid_days": 89, "requests": 20, "verdicts": { "engines": { "tags": [ "urlscan-ml", "urlscan-ml-60c5e22" ], "score": 84, "malicious": true }, "overall": { "tags": [ "phishing" ], "score": 100, "brands": [ "onedrive", "adobe", "genericemail", "generic" ], "malicious": true, "categories": [ "phishing" ] }, "urlscan": { "tags": [ "phishing" ], "score": 100, "brands": [ "OneDrive", "Adobe", "Generic Email", "Generic" ], "malicious": true, "categories": [ "phishing" ] } }, "headers": { "server": "Apache", "content-type": "text/html; charset=UTF-8" } }, "cf": { "v": 1, "fetched_at": "2026-10-20T17:56:05Z", "uuid": "382a676d-4ce9-4210-896e-c75fa1e48c6b", "scanned_at": "2026-10-19T01:24:41Z", "final_url": "https://merwen.co.za/", "status": 200, "history": [ { "url": "https://merwen.co.za/", "status": 200 } ], "dom_hash": "061ee7b4c049cd3ed90d3513e1b6611b1f245c8e549972c1d24e71a37369d332", "doc_hash": "c14112b76bc6078cd0a453264861a91656dec684218d8025abd9a03fbda002fe", "url_risks": [ "Phishing" ], "domain_risks": [ "Phishing", "Security threats", "CIPA Filter", "CIPA" ], "radar_rank": { "bucket": ">200000" }, "dns": [ { "name": "merwen.co.za", "type": "A", "value": "67.225.177.94" } ], "dnssec_valid": false, "ip": "67.225.177.94", "verdict": { "tags": [ "phishing" ], "malicious": true, "categories": [ "phishing" ] }, "whois": { "registrar": "1-Grid", "created": "2014-05-07T19:15:23Z", "updated": "2026-03-03T09:00:42Z", "expires": "2027-05-07T19:15:23Z", "nameservers": [ "ns.privatedns.net", "ns1.privatedns.net" ] } }, "vt": { "v": 1, "fetched_at": "2026-10-20T18:07:23Z", "analysis_at": "2026-10-20T13:59:17Z", "stats": { "timeout": 0, "harmless": 42, "malicious": 20, "suspicious": 1, "undetected": 29 }, "detections": { "CRDF": "malicious", "DNS8": "suspicious", "ESET": "phishing", "Ermes": "phishing", "VIPRE": "malware", "G-Data": "malware", "Lionic": "phishing", "Sophos": "phishing", "Webroot": "malicious", "Emsisoft": "phishing", "Fortinet": "phishing", "Netcraft": "malicious", "SOCRadar": "malicious", "URLQuery": "malicious", "Kaspersky": "phishing", "LevelBlue": "phishing", "Gridinsoft": "phishing", "BitDefender": "phishing", "alphaMountain.ai": "phishing", "Google Safe Browsing": "phishing", "Forcepoint ThreatSeeker": "phishing" }, "reputation": 0, "registrar": "1-Grid", "created": "2014-05-07T19:15:23Z", "expires": "2027-05-07T19:15:23Z", "updated": "2026-03-03T09:00:42Z", "first_seen": "2026-08-19T20:25:24Z", "dns": [ { "ttl": 21600, "type": "NS", "value": "ns2.escapedns.com" }, { "ttl": 600, "type": "TXT", "value": "v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:67.225.177.94 +include:relay.mailchannels.net ~all" }, { "ttl": 6918, "type": "SOA", "rname": "private.escapedns.com", "value": "ns.privatedns.net" }, { "ttl": 21600, "type": "NS", "value": "ns.privatedns.net" }, { "ttl": 300, "type": "A", "value": "67.225.177.94" }, { "ttl": 300, "type": "MX", "value": "merwen.co.za", "priority": 0 }, { "ttl": 21600, "type": "NS", "value": "ns1.escapedns.com" }, { "ttl": 21600, "type": "NS", "value": "ns1.privatedns.net" } ], "dns_at": "2026-10-20T14:00:09Z", "jarm": "25d3fd00025d25d00025d3fd25d25dccc779f4e53f4a11214e02421a065ebc", "cert": { "san": [ "*.merwen.co.za", "merwen.co.za" ], "issuer": "Let's Encrypt / YR1", "serial": "5d7b323a67b4f74f3c43f09e237e8dc55e4", "sha256": "1782ef629d32b3158f67a44749cf44b8e6deabf468a27ceeb712b09b434aaa70", "subject": "merwen.co.za", "valid_to": "2027-01-17T18:39:46Z", "valid_from": "2026-10-19T18:39:47Z" }, "whois": { "registrar": "1-Grid", "registrar_url": "https://1-grid.com/", "created": 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"forward_secrecy": true }, "ports": { "open": [ 21, 25, 53, 80, 110, 143, 443, 587, 993, 995 ] }, "carbon": { "bytes": 20480, "co2_grams": 0.0007, "cleaner_than": 56 }, "dns_server": { "ns": [ { "ip": "67.225.177.94", "host": "ns1.privatedns.net" }, { "ip": "67.225.177.94", "host": "ns1.escapedns.com" }, { "ip": "67.225.177.94", "host": "ns2.escapedns.com" }, { "ip": "67.225.177.94", "host": "ns.privatedns.net" } ], "zone": "merwen.co.za" }, "location": { "ip": "67.225.177.94", "asn": "32244", "org": "Liquid Web, L.L.C", "city": "Lansing", "country": "US" }, "ssl": { "issuer": "Let's Encrypt / YR1", "subject": "merwen.co.za" }, "dns": { "A": [ "67.225.177.94" ], "MX": [ "{\"exchange\": \"merwen.co.za\", \"priority\": 0}" ], "NS": [ "ns1.privatedns.net", "ns1.escapedns.com", "ns2.escapedns.com", "ns.privatedns.net" ], "SOA": "{\"nsname\": \"ns.privatedns.net\", \"hostmaster\": \"private.escapedns.com\", \"serial\": 2026101901, \"refresh\": 3600, \"retry\": 1800, \"expire\": 1209600, \"minttl\": 86400}", "TXT": [ "v=spf1 +a +mx +ip4:67.225.177.94 +include:relay.mailchannels.net ~all" ] }, "dnssec": { "ds": false, "rrsig": false, "dnskey": false }, "hsts": { "message": "Site does not serve any HSTS headers." }, "http_security": { "xFrameOptions": false, "referrerPolicy": false, "xXSSProtection": false, "permissionsPolicy": false, "xContentTypeOptions": false, "contentSecurityPolicy": false, "strictTransportPolicy": false, "crossOriginOpenerPolicy": false, "crossOriginEmbedderPolicy": false, "crossOriginResourcePolicy": false }, "get_ip": { "ip": "67.225.177.94", "family": 4 }, "redirects": { "chain": [ "https://merwen.co.za" ] }, "tech_stack": { "technologies": [ "Bootstrap", "Apache HTTP Server", "Cloudflare", "jQuery CDN", "Google Hosted Libraries", "Font Awesome", "cdnjs", "jQuery", "Google Font API", "Popper" ] }, "tls_labs": { "grades": [ "A-" ], "status": "READY" }, "headers": { "headers": { "server": "Apache", "content-type": "text/html; charset=UTF-8" } } } } ```