# PhishDestroy threat dossier — telegram-desktop.me
================================================================

Fetched:   2026-07-16 06:40:30 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/telegram-desktop.me/

## VERDICT
----------------------------------------------------------------
CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Brand Impersonation
Targeted brand: Telegram

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
----------------------------------------------------------------
VirusTotal:      14/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
URLQuery:        2 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
----------------------------------------------------------------
IP address:      155.212.243.49 (PL, Warsaw)
ASN:             ASAS62005 BV-EU-AS BlueVPS OU, EE
Hosting org:     AS62005 BlueVPS OU
Registrar:       DomainContext Inc.
Nameservers:     demi.ns.cloudflare.com, neil.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-02-26
Expires:         2027-02-26
Page title:      Скачать Telegram Desktop — Быстрый и безопасный мессенджер
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
----------------------------------------------------------------
Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR2
Expires:    2026-09-25
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: a6a33939f59c7adfa34b3b1228c22ff234bf2ae6c8761a563025bf531b6f1c0a
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.telegram-desktop.me

## 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
----------------------------------------------------------------
Domain registered: 2026-02-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-10 05:33:21 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-12 21:40:24 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-16 08:20:41 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
----------------------------------------------------------------
URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f4a14-ed59-7003-91d3-01fce270a84d/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/27754688-dad9-4731-8e68-b3dbf0612f55
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/telegram-desktop.me
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.telegram-desktop.me
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=telegram-desktop.me
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/telegram-desktop.me
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/telegram-desktop.me/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
----------------------------------------------------------------
[Generated: 2026-07-13 00:16:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain is flagged as a high-risk brand impersonation targeting Telegram. Registered on February 26, 2026, through DomainContext Inc., it resolves to IP 155.212.243.47 in Poland (AS62005 BlueVPS OU). The page title is in Russian and translates to 'Download Telegram Desktop — Fast and secure messenger', indicating an attempt to distribute a fraudulent Telegram Desktop client. The domain uses Nginx, Cloudflare nameservers (demi.ns.cloudflare.com, neil.ns.cloudflare.com), and a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate (YR2). VirusTotal reports 14 of 91 security vendors flagging this domain, and it appears on one security blocklist. Gridinsoft trust score is 0/100. The site is currently active and serving HTTP 200 responses. Defenders should block access to this domain and IP 155.212.243.47, monitor for related subdomains or IPs, and educate users to only download Telegram from the official website. The exact content of the page beyond the title has not been analyzed, so the specific delivery mechanism (e.g., executable download, credential harvesting) is uncertain. No other brands or scam categories are indicated in the available data.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 14/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
----------------------------------------------------------------
PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260712-6D1997
Favicon MD5:       ca3097c354129c70c0cfeac9cb1ed22a
TLS cert SHA-256:      a6a33939f59c7adfa34b3b1228c22ff234bf2ae6c8761a563025bf531b6f1c0a

## 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/telegram-desktop.me/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=telegram-desktop.me
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: 179,270 domains (50,785 alive under monitoring, 128,485 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io