# PhishDestroy threat dossier — official-postmalone.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 17:14:41 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/official-postmalone.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 90/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/91 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      37.49.229.75 (NL, Amsterdam)
ASN:             AS3920 PUSHPKT OU
Hosting org:     ESTOXY OU
Registrar:       COSMOTOWN, INC.
Nameservers:     ns1.controlpanel.sbs, ns2.controlpanel.sbs
Registered:      2026-04-29
Page title:      Post Malone – Official Website

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-07-28
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 16a1acc1c1be7322ab07265ac80bb956d1c53e329e09ac35bf99cd7f95002e2b

## 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: 2026-04-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-29 14:04:01 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-04-29 11:04:45 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 16:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 17:33:26 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/019dd8e7-65dd-756c-99b6-9c40b212e250/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/3b5793a7-a324-4831-8b12-886dd620edb6
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/official-postmalone.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.official-postmalone.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=official-postmalone.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/official-postmalone.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/official-postmalone.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-29 14:04:29 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies the active domain official-postmalone.com as a generic phishing site currently impersonating the popular musician Post Malone. The campaign is categorized as a ‘generic phishing’ threat and remains under continuous monitoring while evidence is collected and assessed.

This domain was flagged by 6 of 95 VirusTotal vendors at the time of analysis, indicating it has not yet been widely recognized or blocked by security engines. The domain resolves to IP 37.49.229.75, was registered through COSMOTOWN, INC. on April 29, 2026, and secured via a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate. No third-party blocklist entries were recorded as of this report.

Given the recent domain creation and absence of detections, users are advised to exercise extreme caution when encountering official-postmalone.com or any subdomains. Avoid entering personal or financial information on the site. Organizations are recommended to block the domain at the network perimeter and update threat intelligence feeds accordingly. Monitor for related infrastructure and report any suspicious activity to relevant cybersecurity authorities.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260429-49E9AF
Favicon MD5:       4db03308bfc7de5440824f9635859c5d
TLS cert SHA-256:      16a1acc1c1be7322ab07265ac80bb956d1c53e329e09ac35bf99cd7f95002e2b

## 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/official-postmalone.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=official-postmalone.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

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