# PhishDestroy threat dossier — puffy.cc
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Fetched:   2026-08-01 08:40:42 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/puffy.cc/

## 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:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      13.248.169.48 (CA, Montreal)
ASN:             AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     AWS Global Accelerator (GLOBAL)
Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     ["ns1.afternic.com", "ns2.afternic.com"]
Page title:      puffy.cc is for sale — Buy for $ 400 or make an offer | GoDaddy
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     GoDaddy.com, Inc. / Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
Expires:    2026-09-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 955078fa30fa503c35b7b426f8b73784cf84b7a77a9b39994acc5ab3a9497a99

## 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 22:23:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-08-01 08:20:23 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-27 22:24:24 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

puffy.cc Safety Check — Phishing Detected

This domain, puffy.cc, is currently flagged as a high-risk generic phishing threat and remains active as of the report date. Analysis confirms the domain resolves with an HTTP 200 status, indicating the site is live and accessible. The domain is registered through Dynadot Inc, a known registrar, and its nameservers (ns1.afternic.com and ns2.afternic.com) are associated with aftermarket domain parking services, which may not directly indicate malicious intent but are commonly used for parked or resold domains. Security vendors on VirusTotal show 5 out of 91 flagging this domain as malicious, a moderate detection rate that warrants attention.

Additionally, the domain appears on one security blocklist and is blocked by PhishDestroy, suggesting active countermeasures are in place. The domain does not have any reported Safe Browsing, OTX, or SSL certificate details in the known intelligence, and the page title or specific brand targeted is not available, meaning the exact phishing lure (e.g., impersonating a known service or being a generic credential harvester) remains unconfirmed. Defenders should treat this domain as potentially hostile due to the high-risk classification and the vendor flags. Recommended actions include blocking the domain at the DNS or web gateway level, monitoring for any internal access attempts, and verifying if users have interacted with it.

Given the domain is still active, periodic re-scanning is advised to detect any changes in content, SSL issuance, or hosting infrastructure. The lack of detailed hosting IP or ASN data limits further infrastructure fingerprinting, but the registrar and nameserver pattern can be used to correlate with other suspicious domains. The seed value 669209 distinguishes this assessment from similar reports.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      955078fa30fa503c35b7b426f8b73784cf84b7a77a9b39994acc5ab3a9497a99

## 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/puffy.cc/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=puffy.cc
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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