# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pkgovt.help
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Fetched:   2026-07-01 14:39:16 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pkgovt.help/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 82/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Targeted brand: Microsoft

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Certego, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, LevelBlue, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.193.169 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
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:     hope.ns.cloudflare.com, roan.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-22
Expires:         2027-06-22
Page title:      Windows Security: Defender Antivirus, SmartScreen, and More | Microsoft Windows

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-23
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: b6d4849ff520ab6741ecd481fda91a1d4d08c392563106515d57179337a64d76

## 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: 2026-06-22 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-30 19:34:42 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-01 16:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-01 00:02:08 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/019f1997-a4e7-758a-832f-c7d88c397d8b/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/pkgovt.help
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pkgovt.help
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pkgovt.help
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pkgovt.help
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pkgovt.help/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-30 21:00:11 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain pkgovt.help is currently flagged as a high-risk generic_phishing threat targeting users through brand impersonation of Microsoft Windows security services. Analysis confirms the domain remains active, presenting itself as a legitimate Windows Security portal to deceive visitors into disclosing credentials or downloading malicious payloads. The page title, 'Windows Security: Defender Antivirus, SmartScreen, and More | Microsoft Windows,' directly mimics official Microsoft branding, increasing the likelihood of successful social engineering attacks.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 22, 2026, through NameSilo, LLC, and resolves to the IP address 172.67.193.169. Security vendor detections on VirusTotal indicate 14 of 95 engines have flagged pkgovt.help as malicious. The domain appears on one security blocklist and has been referenced in two threat intelligence pulses on AlienVault OTX. Despite these indicators, the domain continues to resolve and serve content, suggesting ongoing malicious activity.  Current risk assessment designates pkgovt.help as an active threat requiring immediate mitigation. Organizations and users are advised to block the domain and its resolving IP at the network perimeter. Endpoint protection systems should be updated to include this domain in deny lists. Security teams should monitor for any internal connections to 172.67.193.169 or pkgovt.help, as these may indicate compromised systems or successful phishing attempts. Given the domain's recent creation and low detection rates, heightened vigilance is recommended for any communications or web content referencing this infrastructure.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       12e3dac858061d088023b2bd48e2fa96
TLS cert SHA-256:      b6d4849ff520ab6741ecd481fda91a1d4d08c392563106515d57179337a64d76

## 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/pkgovt.help/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pkgovt.help
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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