# PhishDestroy threat dossier — player2.world
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Fetched:   2026-07-29 02:06:28 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/player2.world/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, ESET, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameCheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["dane.ns.cloudflare.com", "nena.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Page title:      Just a moment...
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE2
Expires:    2026-10-13
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 6cd08c51a37f6fa3ad48f0f8f63511fca723298ff79a68faca502c4bff5520b8

## 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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First detected:    2026-07-27 20:23:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-29 03:48:14 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-27 20:24:31 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

player2.world phishing site impersonates gaming rewards – avoid

Analysis of player2.world on July 27, 2026 identifies a high-risk phishing domain targeting online gaming communities. The domain was registered through NameCheap, Inc. and remains active despite being flagged by five security vendors on VirusTotal. Infrastructure analysis reveals Cloudflare nameservers (dane.ns.cloudflare.com and nena.ns.cloudflare.com), a configuration commonly used to mask hosting origins and complicate takedown efforts.

The site currently returns an HTTP 403 status, indicating access is restricted or the server is configured to block automated scans, a tactic sometimes employed to evade detection while still serving malicious content to targeted visitors. Player2.world appears on at least one security blocklist, specifically PhishDestroy, confirming its classification as a phishing threat. No brand or specific scam type is explicitly named in available data, so the exact content of the site remains unconfirmed; however, the domain name suggests an attempt to deceive users expecting gaming-related rewards or services.

Defenders should treat this domain as actively malicious and prioritize blocking it at the DNS and network levels. Given the Cloudflare nameserver configuration, monitoring for related subdomains or newly registered domains under the same infrastructure is recommended to preempt further abuse. The combination of detection by multiple security vendors, blocklist inclusion, and active status despite restricted access indicates this is not a dormant or misclassified domain, but an ongoing threat requiring immediate defensive action.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      6cd08c51a37f6fa3ad48f0f8f63511fca723298ff79a68faca502c4bff5520b8

## 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/player2.world/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=player2.world
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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