# PhishDestroy threat dossier — thedarknetnews.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-23 23:58:40 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/thedarknetnews.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Bfore.Ai PreCrime, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.17.23 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Eranet International Limited Nameservers: ["brian.ns.cloudflare.com", "noor.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-05-15 Expires: 2027-05-15 Page title: Problem loading page HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-13 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: d7cf3ac27e9cc0ef070f25917f3232d27a6cfa4471f88d2f2ce2dfed16933218 ## 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: 2026-05-15 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-09 00:54:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-08 18:19:10 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-24 00:20:42 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ea872-1990-77a7-af32-39e157c1f22c/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/a3bb6320-a961-47df-bfc9-2c34e6e0e79c Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/thedarknetnews.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.thedarknetnews.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=thedarknetnews.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/thedarknetnews.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/thedarknetnews.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-18 16:38:58 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] thedarknetnews.com Fake Darknet News Site Alert PhishDestroy identifies thedarknetnews.com as a generic phishing domain designed to mimic legitimate darknet news platforms for credential theft. The site is currently offline, having been taken down after security researchers flagged its malicious intent. Investigation reveals that the domain was flagged by 1 of 95 VirusTotal security vendors, indicating low but concerning detection rates. It was registered through Eranet International Limited on May 15, 2026, and resolves to IP address 104.21.17.23 with an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. The domain appears on 1 security blocklist and has been found in 4 AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulses, demonstrating coordinated threat tracking. Given the site's offline status, immediate risk is mitigated, but users should remain vigilant. PhishDestroy recommends avoiding any interaction with the domain and ensuring that credentials used on similar sites are not reused elsewhere. If any data was entered, change passwords immediately and enable two-factor authentication on affected accounts. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260608-928D94 TLS cert SHA-256: d7cf3ac27e9cc0ef070f25917f3232d27a6cfa4471f88d2f2ce2dfed16933218 ## 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/thedarknetnews.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=thedarknetnews.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: 188,963 domains (58,390 alive under monitoring, 128,955 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io