# PhishDestroy threat dossier — teachinggeeks.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-28 19:11:17 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/teachinggeeks.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 94/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Generic Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      23.75.65.9 (US, Seattle)
ASN:             ASAS16625 AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       Spaceship, Inc.
Nameservers:     ns1.afternic.com, ns2.afternic.com, verification-a3pihk92cq8kttu6igu5bi.ns101.verify.hn
Registered:      2024-08-13
Expires:         2026-08-13
Page title:      Access Denied

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     GoDaddy.com / GoDaddy TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1
Expires:    2026-12-29
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 00b8d7a4e5aa205e154ee7638597db950cc1485548efe1fa955623a09ae54ef7

## 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: 2024-08-13 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-24 10:42:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-24 08:46:19 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-28 20:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-24 12:16:40 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/019ef8ca-927c-7264-853b-a58e07a7fa17/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/89b5795b-4091-4ecb-89ef-d6b3d97d5490
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/teachinggeeks.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.teachinggeeks.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=teachinggeeks.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/teachinggeeks.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/teachinggeeks.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 15:04:30 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain teachinggeeks.com, associated with a high threat score of 70/100, presents itself as a generic phishing operation. The site is currently down, indicating it may have been taken down following detection efforts. VirusTotal shows no detections from 95 security vendors, while it appears on one public blocklist, but Google Safe Browsing has not flagged it.

Registered with Spaceship, Inc., the domain was created on August 13, 2024, and first seen on June 24, 2026. The hosting IP is 76.223.54.146. The absence of vendor detections suggests it may not have been processed by AV feeds yet, but its presence on a blocklist indicates some level of recognition as a threat. Block the domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar's abuse desk.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 3/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260624-7E928C
Favicon MD5:       0f51e723b5ea18cf223bd66aaf0bda85
TLS cert SHA-256:      00b8d7a4e5aa205e154ee7638597db950cc1485548efe1fa955623a09ae54ef7

## 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/teachinggeeks.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=teachinggeeks.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

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