Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@gen.xyz.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 14 days has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations. This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
q3-bananagun[.]cfd
The domain q3-bananagun.cfd has been observed in multiple threat‑intelligence feeds as an active generic phishing infrastructure. As of the report date, August 02 2026, the domain is listed on three independent security blocklists and is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL filtering services. VirusTotal analysis shows that three out of ninety‑one scanned security vendors have generated a malicious classification for the domain, indicating a modest but non‑trivial detection rate. The risk level assigned by the reporting system is elevated, reflecting the combination of blocklist presence and vendor detections.
The domain’s status remains active, and no evidence of takedown or remediation has been reported. Publicly available registration data, hosting IP address, ASN, or SSL certificate details have not been disclosed in the current intelligence set, leaving the underlying infrastructure opaque. Likewise, the specific phishing lure, targeted brand, or compromised credential collection mechanism has not been identified, preventing a precise attribution of the campaign’s objective. The limited visibility suggests that the domain may be employed as a short‑lived drop‑point or as part of a larger, rotating phishing kit.
Defenders should continue to enforce blocklist policies that include q3-bananagun.cfd, ensure that web‑filtering products such as PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL are kept up to date, and monitor VirusTotal or similar aggregation services for any change in detection counts. Network traffic to the domain should be logged and, where possible, redirected to a sinkhole or denied outright. Because the hosting environment and certificate information remain unknown, threat‑hunting teams are advised to query passive DNS and WHOIS services for any newly observed records that resolve to the same IP space, and to correlate any credential‑theft alerts with the domain’s activity.
Network Security Intelligence Registrar context
Threat Response Pipeline
Public Blocklist Status
Stored Capture
Domain Intelligence
Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps
SHORTDOT ZONE · PUBLIC EVIDENCE
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ShortDot zone evidence
ShortDot zone evidence
The linked repository preserves daily zone observations across seven ShortDot-operated TLDs, including registration volume and abuse-related indicators. This registry context is supporting background and is not an independent detection for the domain in this report.
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Accreditation and RAA context
Accreditation and RAA context
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Latest Classified Outcome 2026-08-17 02:47:12 UTC
Threat Intel Cross-Reference · source references
Technologies · 2 identified
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
www.cloudflare.com 100% confidenceHTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web.
httpwg.org 100% confidenceVirusTotal Analysis
Archived Evidence
Site Performance Analysis
Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of q3-bananagun.cfd · checked Aug 2, 2026
Evidence & External Reports
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