# PhishDestroy threat dossier — tornews.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 05:38:33 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tornews.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 69/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

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

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.2.140 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameCheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["mina.ns.cloudflare.com", "simon.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-05-20
Page title:      Deep Web, Cyber Threat Intel, and Privacy Education - TorNews
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-06-23
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 98798feaaba97bab3229618b82c630ae9fe2683d27845f2fb92985234ae18db4

## 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: 2026-05-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-20 09:47:18 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-05-20 09:47:15 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 06:20:19 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 17:30:24 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/019e4421-d854-76ea-8d36-a0b8f87fac3c/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/tornews.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.tornews.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=tornews.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/tornews.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/tornews.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:54:27 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies tornews.com as an elevated risk due to its generic phishing nature, which can lead to significant financial and data losses. 
   
This domain was flagged by 3 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and it appears on 1 security blocklist, indicating a potential threat to users. The domain was registered through NameCheap, Inc. and resolves to the IP address 104.21.2.140, with an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services / WE1. It was created on May 20, 2026, and despite its short existence, it has already raised concerns among security experts.

To stay safe from generic phishing threats like tornews.com, users should be cautious when clicking on links or providing sensitive information online. Given the domain's elevated risk level and generic phishing nature, it is essential to verify the authenticity of websites before engaging with them, and to keep antivirus software and security updates up to date. By taking these precautions, users can significantly reduce the risk of falling victim to phishing scams and protect their personal and financial information.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       8d5abeaa3bd994c1a4b000ad6363679d
TLS cert SHA-256:      98798feaaba97bab3229618b82c630ae9fe2683d27845f2fb92985234ae18db4

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