# PhishDestroy threat dossier — npr.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 15:44:43 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/npr.org/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 98/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain AlienVault OTX: 50 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 52.222.136.58 (DE, Frankfurt am Main) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL) Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns-1227.awsdns-25.org", "ns-139.awsdns-17.com", "ns-1580.awsdns-05.co.uk", "ns-769.awsdns-32.net"] Page title: NPR - Breaking News, Analysis, Music, Arts & Podcasts : NPR HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Amazon / Amazon RSA 2048 M01 Expires: 2027-03-01 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: afee1d9d242f23e396d8681260985e1a78a1ea2ddb31e89499227182d3f7658b ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-27 15:33:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-28 16:20:21 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 15:34:47 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] npr.org Safety Check — Phishing Detected Analysis of the domain npr.org, flagged as a generic phishing site, shows that the infrastructure is hosted on Amazon Web Services DNS with four nameservers observed: ns-1227.awsdns-25.org, ns-139.awsdns-17.com, ns-1580.awsdns-05.co.uk, and an additional AWS‑provided server whose label is truncated in the source data. The domain is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly used by legitimate enterprises, indicating that the registration details alone do not provide a clear malicious indicator. A VirusTotal scan recorded the domain being examined by 91 antivirus and URL‑reputation engines; none of the engines raised a detection at the time of analysis. The same domain appears on a single external blocklist and is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy service, suggesting that at least one security community has observed malicious activity associated with it. An HTTP request to the domain returns a 301 permanent redirect response, a pattern often used by phishing operators to forward victims to a credential‑harvesting page while preserving the original URL in logs. The current operational status is listed as active, meaning the domain continues to resolve and respond to requests. Evidence gaps remain: the specific landing page content, SSL certificate details, IP address location, and any observed traffic patterns have not been disclosed. Consequently, the precise tactics, techniques, and procedures employed by the threat actor cannot be fully characterized. Defenders should continue to block npr.org at network perimeters, update URL filtering rules, and monitor for any outbound connections to the domain. Incident response teams encountering user reports of credential requests that appear to originate from npr.org should treat them as suspicious and verify the authenticity of the request through official channels. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: bcbb623e9808e8b2586ac1c8f90b3038 TLS cert SHA-256: afee1d9d242f23e396d8681260985e1a78a1ea2ddb31e89499227182d3f7658b ## 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/npr.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=npr.org 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: 211,607 domains (86,047 alive under monitoring, 124,530 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io