# PhishDestroy threat dossier — watch-article.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 11:02:23 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/watch-article.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 9/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 209.182.224.48 (US, Seattle) ASN: AS395092 Shock Hosting LLC Hosting org: Shock Hosting LLC Registrar: Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu Nameservers: ns1.loominost5.com, ns2.loominost5.com, ns3.loominost.com, ns4.loominost.com Registered: 2026-06-04 Expires: 2027-06-04 Page title: Watch Article With Love HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-02 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 36070022ec2eb8904e39e63a1085f6186b16e4375ca3ae94e3c93e0f1e7c63b6 ## 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: 2026-06-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-17 09:08:50 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-17 09:46:49 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-28 12:41:15 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f6ee6-ac0c-742a-b7ac-d6655a54366f/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/57044297-1b1f-41cd-83fb-3aaa5877c06e Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/watch-article.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.watch-article.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=watch-article.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/watch-article.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/watch-article.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-17 09:20:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] watch-article.com: Confirmed Phishing Site watch-article.com was registered on 2026-06-04 via Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu and is currently hosted on four loominost nameservers (ns1.loominost5.com, ns2.loominost5.com, ns3.loominost.com, ns4.loominost.com). DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 209.182.224.48, which remains active as of the reporting date. VirusTotal analysis shows that three of ninety‑one scanned security vendors have flagged the domain, indicating a non‑trivial detection rate for malicious activity. The intelligence categorizes the site as a generic phishing operation, but no further payload, landing page content, or targeted brand information has been disclosed. The limited public data leaves the exact phishing vector and victim profile uncertain. Defenders should consider adding watch-article.com to web‑filter blocklists, monitor outbound DNS queries for the listed nameservers, and apply sink‑hole or DNS‑sink measures for the associated IP address. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as additional indicators may emerge if the site begins serving malicious content or if further security vendors report detections. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260717-46B50D TLS cert SHA-256: 36070022ec2eb8904e39e63a1085f6186b16e4375ca3ae94e3c93e0f1e7c63b6 ## 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/watch-article.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=watch-article.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: 210,392 domains (85,132 alive under monitoring, 124,230 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io