# PhishDestroy threat dossier — support.braintreepayments.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 16:37:24 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/support.braintreepayments.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs Composite threat score: 45/100 (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: 146.75.121.21 (DE, Frankfurt am Main) ASN: AS54113 Fastly, Inc. Hosting org: Fastly, Inc Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns1-pchnet.paypal.com", "ns2-pchnet.paypal.com", "pdns100.ultradns.com", "pdns100.ultradns.net"] Page title: Braintree Articles HTTP response: 302 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: DigiCert Inc / DigiCert EV RSA CA G2 Expires: 2026-10-16 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 7f40b0f59d88f92ecd351a5781b0c087ce614b938bc684ea4a29c13394fb8166 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - articles.braintreepayments.com - assets.braintreegateway.com - braintreecharge.com - braintreefinancial.com - braintreepayments.com - braintreepaymentsolutions.com - brand.braintreepayments.com - business.paypal.com - c.paypal.com - c6.paypal.com - checkout.paypal.com - connect.paypal.com - content.paypalobjects.com - cors.api.paypal.com - creditapply.paypal.com ... +71 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 14:03:08 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-28 18:31:21 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-28 14:04:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] support.braintreepayments.com — Generic Phishing Investigation The domain support.braintreepayments.com is currently classified as a generic phishing site and remains active as of the report date, July 28, 2026. Intelligence indicates the domain is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly associated with legitimate corporate brands, which may be leveraged to lend credibility to the malicious operation. The authoritative name servers listed for the domain include ns1-pchnet.paypal.com, ns2-pchnet.paypal.com, pdns100.ultradns.com, and an incomplete entry beginning with pdns, suggesting a mixed infrastructure that incorporates both PayPal‑owned and UltraDNS name servers. HTTP requests to the domain return a 302 status code, indicating an immediate redirection, a technique frequently used to forward victims to credential‑harvesting pages or to mask the final destination. The domain is presently blocked by the PhishDestroy blocklist and appears on one additional security blocklist, reinforcing the perception of malicious intent. VirusTotal analysis shows that the domain was submitted to 91 scanning vendors, none of which reported a detection at the time of scanning; this absence of detections should not be interpreted as evidence of safety, as many phishing payloads evade static detection. No public Safe Browsing, OTX, or SSL/TLS certificate information is available in the current dataset, leaving the exact hosting IP, certificate details, and page content unverified. Consequently, the primary observable indicators are the registrar, name server configuration, HTTP redirection behavior, and blocklist presence. Defenders should prioritize adding support.braintreepayments.com to network‑level deny lists, enforce URL filtering policies that block known phishing domains, and continue to monitor the domain for any changes in hosting or content that could affect detection signatures. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 7f40b0f59d88f92ecd351a5781b0c087ce614b938bc684ea4a29c13394fb8166 ## 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/support.braintreepayments.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=support.braintreepayments.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