# PhishDestroy threat dossier — principalcompare.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 09:37:43 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/principalcompare.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 97/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 63.176.8.218 (DE, Frankfurt am Main) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: dns1.p03.nsone.net, dns2.p03.nsone.net, dns3.p03.nsone.net, dns4.p03.nsone.net Registered: 2026-06-22 Expires: 2027-06-22 Page title: Fixed Income Comparison | Principal AM HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-09-20 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 59424b5f86329a4821877381f91747b97804c8d8d334fb9e464bfd45b06dcb10 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-22 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 13:31:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-02 08:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:03:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0dfe-4b1f-74de-ad80-0cd96a4b5142/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/principalcompare.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.principalcompare.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=principalcompare.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/principalcompare.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/principalcompare.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 18:01:38 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, principalcompare.com, poses a specific threat as a brand impersonation phishing site targeting users of Principal Asset Management. The page title 'Fixed Income Comparison | Principal AM' is designed to deceive visitors into believing they are accessing legitimate financial services content, likely to harvest credentials or sensitive financial information through a fake login or data entry form. Evidence gathered indicates the domain is actively serving malicious content. VirusTotal reports 0 out of 95 security vendors currently flagging this domain, underscoring its low detection rate. The domain was created on June 22, 2026, through registrar NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, and resolves to IP address 63.176.8.218. It appears on exactly 1 security blocklist. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt (YE1), which is commonly abused by phishing operations due to its free and automated issuance. Users who visited principalcompare.com should immediately change any passwords or credentials entered on the site and enable multi-factor authentication on their accounts. They should monitor financial accounts for unauthorized transactions and report any suspicious activity to their financial institution. It is recommended to run a full security scan on any devices used to access this domain and avoid reusing passwords across services. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 59424b5f86329a4821877381f91747b97804c8d8d334fb9e464bfd45b06dcb10 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/principalcompare.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=principalcompare.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 173,583 domains (14,589 alive under monitoring, 158,288 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io