# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pepsico-hiring.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-26 04:01:48 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pepsico-hiring.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 13/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Ermes, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 64.29.17.1 Registrar: Name.com, Inc. Nameservers: ns1.vercel-dns.com, ns2.vercel-dns.com Registered: 2026-06-12 Expires: 2027-05-18 Page title: PepsiCo Careers ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R13 Expires: 2026-08-16 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 1aee4396453da02d2c81fb9d48c312af8dab5b94c1d0d09fb4444bd3db9184db ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-12 04:29:00 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-06-12 02:31:14 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-06-26 04:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-17 00:17:04 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019eb9a8-6893-75dc-bf29-1757ceed9634/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/17c297ab-22d1-4f51-8bfe-2ee1bd8d9a85 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/pepsico-hiring.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pepsico-hiring.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pepsico-hiring.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pepsico-hiring.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pepsico-hiring.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 23:29:45 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain pepsico-hiring.com is assessed as having an elevated risk level and is specifically identified as a credential theft site. This assessment is based on multiple indicators that suggest the domain is malicious and designed to compromise user credentials. Infrastructure analysis reveals that pepsico-hiring.com has a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100, indicating a complete lack of trustworthiness. On VirusTotal, 13 out of 95 security vendors flag this domain as malicious, which further corroborates the elevated risk. The domain is registered through Name.com, Inc., and resolves to the IP address 64.29.17.1. It was created on June 12, 2026, and currently appears on one security blocklist. The site uses technologies such as Vercel, HSTS, and Google Analytics, which can be employed to enhance the credibility and functionality of the phishing attempt. The page title 'PepsiCo Careers' suggests an attempt to impersonate the legitimate PepsiCo hiring process, thereby increasing the likelihood of user deception. To mitigate the risks associated with this credential theft site, users are advised to avoid clicking on any links or submitting personal information to pepsico-hiring.com. Organizations should update their security awareness training to include the latest tactics used in brand impersonation attacks. Additionally, network administrators should consider blocking traffic to this domain at the firewall level and ensure that security solutions are configured to detect and prevent access to known malicious sites. Regularly monitoring user accounts for unauthorized access and implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) can also help protect against credential theft. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 13/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260612-B33DC4 Favicon MD5: 5212b189d98664822a32edcf9d7b238c TLS cert SHA-256: 1aee4396453da02d2c81fb9d48c312af8dab5b94c1d0d09fb4444bd3db9184db ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pepsico-hiring.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pepsico-hiring.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 170,051 domains (12,248 alive under monitoring, 157,244 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io