# PhishDestroy threat dossier — search.amd.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 16:34:21 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/search.amd.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 73/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 23.59.16.125 (DE, Hamburg) ASN: AS16625 Akamai Technologies, Inc. Hosting org: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns0117.secondary.cloudflare.com", "ns0241.secondary.cloudflare.com"] Page title: Suchergebnisse HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: DigiCert Inc / GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 Expires: 2026-11-25 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: ff56ef1b55295a0b5a738930b2f262df6da093c699d6d9637a5abaa6e007d7cd Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - account.amd.com - amd.com - connect-sit.amd.com - connect.amd.com - creators.radeon.com - download.amd.com - drivers.amd.com - explore.amd.com - gaming.radeon.com - gpuopen.com - instinct.radeon.com - mars.amd.com - pro.radeon.com - products.amd.com - radeon.com ... +12 more ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-28 06:03:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-28 18:22:13 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-28 06:04:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] search.amd.com — Cloudflare-Hosted Phishing Domain Investigation This domain, search.amd.com, is currently under investigation as a potential phishing resource. Registered through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly used for legitimate corporate domains, the domain exhibits infrastructure characteristics that warrant closer scrutiny. Analysis reveals it is hosted behind Cloudflare nameservers (ns0117.secondary.cloudflare.com and ns0241.secondary.cloudflare.com), a common tactic to obscure origin servers and evade IP-based blocking. As of July 28, 2026, the domain remains active and returns an HTTP 301 redirect status, suggesting it may be part of a larger redirection chain rather than hosting static phishing content directly. VirusTotal scans conducted by 91 security vendors show no detections at present, though the absence of flags does not confirm safety. The domain appears on one security blocklist, indicating preliminary suspicion from at least one threat intelligence source. The registrar, MarkMonitor, is not inherently suspicious but is notable given the domain's association with a major technology brand (AMD). Defenders should note that this domain may be leveraging the brand's reputation to lend credibility to phishing or malicious redirection campaigns. No specific phishing kit, brand impersonation details, or page content analysis is available at this time. The exact nature of the threat—whether credential harvesting, malware distribution, or another attack vector—remains unconfirmed. Organizations are advised to monitor network traffic for connections to this domain, particularly given its HTTP 301 behavior, which may indicate an intermediate hop in a multi-stage attack. Blocking or sinkholing the domain at the DNS or proxy level is recommended until further analysis clarifies its intent. Additional investigation into associated IPs, SSL certificates, and redirect targets is necessary to determine the full scope of this campaign. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: ff56ef1b55295a0b5a738930b2f262df6da093c699d6d9637a5abaa6e007d7cd ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/search.amd.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=search.amd.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 211,986 domains (86,426 alive under monitoring, 124,530 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io