# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pintobarks.icu
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 05:10:00 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pintobarks.icu/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      2607:f8b0:4004:c23::69 (US, Washington)
ASN:             ASAS15169 GOOGLE, US
Hosting org:     AS15169 Google LLC
Registrar:       NameSilo, LLC

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!!
NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about
received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com)
for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our
X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence.
Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket —
NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received.
Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter
  https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed

Nameservers:     ["lola.ns.cloudflare.com", "ryan.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Google
HTTP response:   404

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-04-18
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 6056fbe7041874eeed5e2eaddc5db619ba194b402c468c906c8ee69b4704146e

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:19:42 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-13 01:45:00 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/01986000-cb0f-741a-986f-44199b8c7edf/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/pintobarks.icu
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pintobarks.icu
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pintobarks.icu
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pintobarks.icu
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pintobarks.icu/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:24:30 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has identified pintobarks.icu as a low-risk phishing domain that was recently taken offline. Although the threat level is considered low, the domain was flagged for generic phishing activities, meaning it could have been used to trick users into revealing sensitive information. Users should remain cautious, as phishing sites often imitate trusted platforms to deceive visitors.

This particular phishing attempt appears to have involved a misleading page titled 'Google,' designed to create a false sense of legitimacy. Such tactics aim to lure victims into entering credentials or other personal data. The domain resolved to a legitimate IPv6 address associated with a major email provider, which may have been used to obfuscate its true intent. Registered through NameSilo, LLC, pintobarks.icu was flagged by two security vendors and appeared on one security blocklist before it was taken offline.

If you have visited pintobarks.icu, it is advisable to immediately review your online accounts for suspicious activity and change any passwords that might have been compromised. Avoid clicking any links or downloading attachments from emails related to this domain. Running a full antivirus scan and monitoring your financial statements for unauthorized transactions are also recommended steps to mitigate potential risks.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       e8972ce34a4545b33c3926a20c306b71
TLS cert SHA-256:      6056fbe7041874eeed5e2eaddc5db619ba194b402c468c906c8ee69b4704146e

## 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/pintobarks.icu/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pintobarks.icu
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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