# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ted.npr.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 16:44:53 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ted.npr.org/ ## 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: 23.36.162.216 (DE, Frankfurt am Main) ASN: AS20940 Akamai International B.V. Hosting org: Akamai Technologies Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns-1227.awsdns-25.org", "ns-139.awsdns-17.com", "ns-1580.awsdns-05.co.uk", "ns-769.awsdns-32.net"] Page title: TED Radio Hour : NPR HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8b32e2b120ed26929893edd24febc9483c41c11dc1a27ad42281cba511f395b6 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - about.npr.org - analytics.npr.org - api-s1.npr.org - api-s4.npr.org - api.npr.org - app.npr.org - arts.npr.org - askmeanother.npr.org - books.npr.org - build.npr.org - bundles-prod.npr.org - bundles-s1.npr.org - bundles-s4.npr.org - bundles.npr.org - cpa.ds.npr.org ... +83 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 15:23:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-28 18:31:02 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-28 15:24:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] ted.npr.org Fake NPR Alert Analysis of the subdomain ted.npr.org indicates that it is currently flagged as a generic phishing site and remains active as of the report date, July 28, 2026. The domain is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly associated with legitimate brand protection services, which suggests the registration may have been spoofed or leveraged to increase perceived credibility. Infrastructure observation shows the domain resolves to four Amazon Route 53 nameservers (ns-1227.awsdns-25.org, ns-139.awsdns-17.com, ns-1580.awsdns-05.co.uk, and an additional entry truncated in the source data). The HTTP response is a 301 redirect, a pattern frequently employed by phishing operators to forward victims to malicious payloads while obscuring the original URL. The domain has been blocked by the PhishDestroy sinkhole and appears on a single security blocklist, indicating that at least one external threat‑intelligence feed has identified it as malicious. VirusTotal reports that the domain was scanned by 91 antivirus engines, none of which raised a detection; however, the absence of detections does not constitute a safety assurance and may reflect limited visibility of the payload. No SSL certificate details, IP address allocation, or country of hosting are available in the current intelligence set, and the page title or content has not been captured, leaving the exact phishing lure and visual mimicry undocumented. Defenders should add ted.npr.org to URL filtering and sinkhole lists, monitor DNS queries for the listed nameservers, and treat any redirects from this domain as potentially malicious. Continuous re‑evaluation is recommended as additional telemetry (e.g., payload hashes, hosting IPs, or page snapshots) becomes available. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 8b32e2b120ed26929893edd24febc9483c41c11dc1a27ad42281cba511f395b6 ## 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/ted.npr.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ted.npr.org 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: 212,074 domains (86,514 alive under monitoring, 124,530 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io