# PhishDestroy threat dossier — notepadplus.net
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Fetched:   2026-06-21 10:10:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/notepadplus.net/

## 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:      11/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.150.28
Registrar:       Spaceship, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["harvey.ns.cloudflare.com", "ruth.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-05-24
Expires:         2027-05-24
Page title:      Notepad++ — A Fast, Open-Source Code Editor for Developers

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-08-22
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 61f6a07d417bca1ec56140822c15a7cd0a84e3ff15ccfec5100ca82a1af4f260

## 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: 2026-05-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-10 18:32:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-10 16:35:18 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-21 08:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-14 00:57:12 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/019eb25f-5b89-72a1-835b-e9e3ecbb16d1/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/31b91ffd-d503-4313-9434-41621868e5f1
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/notepadplus.net
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.notepadplus.net
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=notepadplus.net
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/notepadplus.net
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/notepadplus.net/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 12:05:10 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies notepadplus.net as a domain involved in a generic phishing campaign, with no specific brand or drainer kit identified. 
   
This domain was flagged by 11 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and is registered through Spaceship, Inc. The exact technical indicators include a VirusTotal score of 11/95, a registrar of Spaceship, Inc., with the domain still actively being hosted on its assigned IP, created with a specific date not provided, and currently has a GSB status and blocklist count not provided but is known to be blocked by several security vendors.

The current status of notepadplus.net is still active, posing a high risk to users, with response actions including avoiding interaction with the domain and reporting any incidents. Remaining risk includes the potential for users to fall victim to the generic phishing campaign, with PhishDestroy recommending users exercise caution when encountering this domain, and to check the full report for the most up to date information and safety guidance.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - Public blocklists: now listed on 3 feeds

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260610-9B4409
Favicon MD5:       bbbd9896cda60d6d56c5ac64262ef5b7
TLS cert SHA-256:      61f6a07d417bca1ec56140822c15a7cd0a84e3ff15ccfec5100ca82a1af4f260

## 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/notepadplus.net/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=notepadplus.net
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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