# PhishDestroy threat dossier — verjournal.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-07 19:31:49 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/verjournal.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 82/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      173.201.179.104 (US, Tempe)
ASN:             AS398101 GoDaddy.com, LLC
Hosting org:     GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ns57.domaincontrol.com, ns58.domaincontrol.com
Registered:      2018-01-16
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-06-19
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: f128eb87e4b6f90ad7668202b961450e0cde4a19583b9ae0027809644b8b4f60
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - cpanel.verjournal.com
  - mail.verjournal.com
  - webdisk.verjournal.com
  - www.verjournal.com

## 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: 2018-01-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-21 12:05:42 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-07 20:47:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 17:30:09 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/019e49c6-b543-76bb-88c8-e9f1ccc7c4c6/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/verjournal.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.verjournal.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=verjournal.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/verjournal.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/verjournal.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-06 23:02:51 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Threat Overview
This domain, verjournal.com, is a live and actively serving generic phishing/scam operation. It poses a high threat to users.

Risk Indicators
- The domain has a high threat score of 71/100.
- It is actively serving traffic.
- 1 public blocklist lists this domain.
- 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious.

Technical Details
- Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
- Hosting IP: 173.201.179.104
- VirusTotal: 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious (domain scan, not IP)
- Domain Created: 2018-01-16

Recommendations
- Block and report this domain immediately via your threat-intel platform
- Warn users about engaging with unsolicited communications or links related to this domain
- Implement email and web filtering rules to prevent access to this domain

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       1b5c03276c20af2359b9098f8d80447b
TLS cert SHA-256:      f128eb87e4b6f90ad7668202b961450e0cde4a19583b9ae0027809644b8b4f60

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