# PhishDestroy threat dossier — openid-confirm.info
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 03:44:24 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/openid-confirm.info/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc
Nameservers:     ["aspen.ns.cloudflare.com", "kyrie.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-06-01
Page title:      Maintenance Underway — Our Website
HTTP response:   301

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE1
Expires:    2026-09-28
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9e4e5ec0789d26677680cbd4ea85f92d8abdfe1740db038f59f5ea6516ade08e

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-06-01 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-01 23:30:05 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 03:46:15 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 04:20:32 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-13 00:22:27 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Is openid-confirm.info a Fake OpenID Verification Scam?

Analysis of openid-confirm.info indicates a high-risk phishing domain targeting OpenID authentication credentials. The domain was registered on June 1, 2026, through Web Commerce Communications Limited (WebNic.cc) and remains active as of July 12, 2026. Infrastructure analysis reveals Cloudflare nameservers (aspen.ns.cloudflare.com, kyrie.ns.cloudflare.com) and resolution to IP 188.114.97.3, geolocated to Canada under Cloudflare's network. The site returns an HTTP 404 status but displays a page titled 'Maintenance Underway — Our Website,' a common tactic to mask phishing pages during inactive periods or while evading detection.  The domain is flagged by one security blocklist and appears in a single AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulse, suggesting prior abuse. Five of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal detect the domain as malicious, though the exact nature of the payload remains unconfirmed. The SSL certificate, issued by Let's Encrypt, does not mitigate risk, as phishing domains frequently use valid certificates to appear legitimate.  No specific brand impersonation or phishing kit is identified in the available data, but the domain name (openid-confirm.info) strongly implies an OpenID-themed credential harvesting scheme. Defenders should treat this domain as actively hostile, block resolution at the DNS level, and monitor for connections from internal networks. Further analysis of captured payloads or redirect chains is recommended to determine the full scope of the campaign.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      9e4e5ec0789d26677680cbd4ea85f92d8abdfe1740db038f59f5ea6516ade08e

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/openid-confirm.info/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=openid-confirm.info
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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