# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pqrnews.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-28 12:29:27 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pqrnews.com/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Certego, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Lumu, SOCRadar, Sophos
AlienVault OTX:  7 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.23.116 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ["ariella.ns.cloudflare.com", "johnathan.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Page title:      PQR News — Independent news, clearly explained | pqrnews.com
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-15
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 405ee598887f1bf76734a37f464d7ef4c762a4b10cae22f9031ecbe6d44c9c8a

## 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:    2026-07-19 12:38:03 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-28 12:44:38 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-20 01:50:53 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PQRNews.com generic phishing campaign – high risk

Analysis on 19 July 2026 indicates that pqrnews.com is actively hosting a generic phishing campaign. The domain was registered via GoDaddy.com, LLC and is fronted by Cloudflare’s network, resolving to IP 104.21.23.116 located in Canada. HTTP requests return status 200 and the site presents a valid Google Trust Services / WE1 TLS certificate. DNS resolution uses Cloudflare nameservers ariella.ns.cloudflare.com and johnathan.ns.cloudflare.com, while MX records point to route1.mx.cloudflare.net. The domain is listed on a security blocklist and has been blocked by PhishDestroy. Threat intelligence sources show the domain appearing in seven AlienVault OTX pulses and fourteen of ninety‑one VirusTotal scanners have flagged it. The page title “PQR News — Independent news, clearly explained | pqrnews.com” is the only content currently observed; no additional malicious payloads have been disclosed. Uncertainty remains regarding the specific content delivered to victims and any credential‑harvesting mechanisms. Defenders should block the domain at perimeter and DNS layers, monitor outbound connections to the IP address, and update detection rules to include the observed TLS certificate fingerprint and the Cloudflare nameserver patterns. Continuous re‑scanning is recommended to capture any evolving malicious components.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       0a1f3e2c6b88c56b859c448e3f0ae43d
TLS cert SHA-256:      405ee598887f1bf76734a37f464d7ef4c762a4b10cae22f9031ecbe6d44c9c8a

## 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/pqrnews.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pqrnews.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

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