# PhishDestroy threat dossier — politics.npr.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 14:18:27 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/politics.npr.org/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 73/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 2.16.204.4 (DE, Hamburg) ASN: AS20940 Akamai International B.V. Hosting org: Akamai Technologies Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns-1227.awsdns-25.org", "ns-139.awsdns-17.com", "ns-1580.awsdns-05.co.uk", "ns-769.awsdns-32.net"] Page title: Politics : NPR HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8b32e2b120ed26929893edd24febc9483c41c11dc1a27ad42281cba511f395b6 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - about.npr.org - analytics.npr.org - api-s1.npr.org - api-s4.npr.org - api.npr.org - app.npr.org - arts.npr.org - askmeanother.npr.org - books.npr.org - build.npr.org - bundles-prod.npr.org - bundles-s1.npr.org - bundles-s4.npr.org - bundles.npr.org - cpa.ds.npr.org ... +83 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 20:23:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-29 12:31:05 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 20:24:48 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is politics.npr.org a generic phishing site? Analysis of politics.npr.org indicates that the domain is currently associated with a generic phishing campaign. The domain is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly used for legitimate brand‑protected assets, which does not by itself mitigate the observed malicious activity. Infrastructure examination shows the authoritative name servers are ns-1227.awsdns-25.org, ns-139.awsdns-17.com, ns-1580.awsdns-05.co.uk, all part of Amazon Web Services Route 53, confirming that the domain resolves within the AWS DNS ecosystem. An HTTP request to the domain returns a 301 redirect response, suggesting that the site is actively serving content or forwarding victims to a malicious landing page. The domain has been flagged by PhishDestroy and appears on a single external security blocklist, providing independent confirmation of its malicious status. VirusTotal records show that the domain was scanned by 91 antivirus and URL‑reputation engines, none of which reported a detection at the time of analysis; this absence of detections should not be interpreted as an indicator of safety, as the payload or host may be evasive or the scan may have occurred before the phishing infrastructure was fully operational. No additional telemetry such as Safe Browsing, OTX, SSL certificate details, IP geolocation, or page title information is available, leaving the precise content and target of the phishing attempt unknown. Defenders should treat the domain as hostile: block all outbound and inbound traffic to politics.npr.org at the firewall or proxy level, add the domain to URL filtering and DNS sink‑hole policies, and monitor for any related sub‑domains or newly observed CNAME records that may be created under the same AWS name‑server set. Continuous re‑scanning with multi‑engine services is recommended to capture any future changes in the detection profile. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 8b32e2b120ed26929893edd24febc9483c41c11dc1a27ad42281cba511f395b6 ## 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/politics.npr.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=politics.npr.org 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: 195,478 domains (83,245 alive under monitoring, 109,716 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io