# PhishDestroy threat dossier — paypal-knowledge.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 16:34:14 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/paypal-knowledge.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 77/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: PayPal ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 162.159.141.96 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns1-pchnet.paypal.com", "ns2-pchnet.paypal.com", "pdns100.ultradns.com", "pdns100.ultradns.net"] HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: DigiCert Inc / DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1 Expires: 2026-11-25 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6e107db3ac75cc896b0584c8c4e1361ef49d57e5ed8d898473067b8c4360aa50 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - braintreepayments.com - buyindiaonline.com - cash2india.com - curv.cc - curv.co - fastlane.paypal.com - paypal-australia.com.au - paypal-business.co.uk - paypal-business.com.au - paypal-businesscenter.com - paypal-communications.com - paypal-corp.com - paypal-danmark.dk - paypal-deutschland.de - paypal-donations.co.uk ... +86 more ## 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 18:23:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-28 16:20:21 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 18:24:21 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] paypal-knowledge.com: Banking Phishing Site The domain paypal-knowledge.com is currently classified as an active banking phishing infrastructure. Registration details indicate the domain was provisioned through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly associated with legitimate brand domains, which may complicate automated trust assessments. The authoritative name server set includes ns1-pchnet.paypal.com, ns2-pchnet.paypal.com, pdns100.ultradns.com, and an incomplete entry beginning with pdns, suggesting a hybrid configuration that mixes brand‑related and third‑party DNS services. HTTP probing returned a 301 status code, indicating that the site redirects clients to another location, a technique frequently employed to evade static analysis or to funnel victims to a credential‑harvesting endpoint. VirusTotal records show the domain was examined by 91 distinct scanning engines, none of which raised a detection at the time of analysis; this absence of flags does not imply safety, as many phishing payloads evade signature‑based scanners. The domain is presently blocked by the PhishDestroy service and appears on a single external security blocklist, reinforcing the view that threat‑intel feeds have identified it as malicious. No public IP address, SSL certificate details, or page title information are available, leaving the hosting environment and content presentation unverified. Given the confirmed phishing intent, defenders should proactively add paypal-knowledge.com to URL filtering policies, monitor DNS queries for the listed name servers, and enforce domain‑based blocking at perimeter and endpoint layers. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as the infrastructure may evolve or adopt new hosting assets, and the current risk level remains under investigation. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 6e107db3ac75cc896b0584c8c4e1361ef49d57e5ed8d898473067b8c4360aa50 ## 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/paypal-knowledge.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=paypal-knowledge.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 211,986 domains (86,426 alive under monitoring, 124,530 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io