# PhishDestroy threat dossier — punching.io
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Fetched:   2026-06-20 11:26:46 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/punching.io/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      88.222.222.159
Registrar:       HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Nameservers:     ns1.dns-parking.com, ns2.dns-parking.com
Registered:      2026-06-12
Expires:         2026-12-18
Page title:      #1 Account Shop • Punch

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-07-16
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 040ff5afbbf791e592abd6f6108f44e93e4cad550ab6ec34ce07f6d00831d861
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.punching.io

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-12 20:39:40 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-12 20:39:40 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-20 12:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-18 06:21:28 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ebd20-2148-77bc-8699-3d5370d0dac4/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/punching.io
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.punching.io
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=punching.io
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/punching.io
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/punching.io/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 11:28:35 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies punching.io as a high-risk domain that poses a threat to users by attempting to steal sensitive information through generic phishing tactics. 

 This domain was flagged by 4 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating a potential threat, and was registered through HOSTINGER operations, UAB, with an SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt. 

 If a user visited punching.io, they should immediately change their passwords and monitor their accounts for any suspicious activity, as the domain is still active and resolves to the IP address 88.222.222.159, and take necessary precautions to protect their personal data.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       c65250e7f6e158198af31f96d101392d
TLS cert SHA-256:      040ff5afbbf791e592abd6f6108f44e93e4cad550ab6ec34ce07f6d00831d861

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/punching.io/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=punching.io
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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