# PhishDestroy threat dossier — newsline.help ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-08-01 06:20:21 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/newsline.help/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 98/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: DYNADOT LLC Nameservers: connie.ns.cloudflare.com, pranab.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-20 Expires: 2027-07-20 Page title: 404 Not Found HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: c36261a069bb64628016eafd36d417d813d129ceba08e36a9041eea3dfd746c6 ## 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: 2026-07-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-24 16:16:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-24 14:19:08 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-08-01 04:20:37 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-25 00:28:21 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f947b-d725-77de-9aaf-d0f8a59a034e/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/1bcce157-2902-45a0-91ac-042653a402c7 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/newsline.help crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.newsline.help Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=newsline.help AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/newsline.help URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/newsline.help/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-24 16:16:50 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] newsline.help used in active generic phishing campaign Analysis of the domain newsline.help indicates that it was registered on July 20, 2026 through DYNADOT LLC and is currently resolving to the IP address 188.114.96.3. The domain is delegated to Cloudflare nameservers connie.ns.cloudflare.com and pranab.ns.cloudflare.com, suggesting the use of Cloudflare's DNS and possibly its reverse‑proxy services. VirusTotal records show the domain has been scanned by 91 security vendors, none of which have raised a detection at the time of analysis. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy service, confirming that at least one threat‑intel feed has classified it as malicious. No public page title, SSL certificate details, or HTTP response codes have been disclosed, leaving the exact content and transport security of the site unknown. The limited visibility of the site’s payload means that the precise phishing technique, targeted brands, or credential‑capture mechanisms cannot be confirmed at this stage. Defenders should treat the domain as hostile infrastructure pending further investigation. Recommended actions include adding the domain to internal blocklists, monitoring DNS queries for the associated IP address, and employing outbound web filtering to prevent user access. Continuous re‑scanning with multi‑vendor services such as VirusTotal is advised to capture any future changes in detection status. Organizations should also review any recent user reports or authentication logs for signs of attempted credential submission to newsline.help, as the domain’s recent creation date and active status suggest an ongoing campaign. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - WHOIS creation date: 2026-07-20 ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260724-73A71D TLS cert SHA-256: c36261a069bb64628016eafd36d417d813d129ceba08e36a9041eea3dfd746c6 ## 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/newsline.help/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=newsline.help 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: 196,248 domains (91,191 alive under monitoring, 27,325 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io