Domain security and threat intelligence

westernunion[.]com

“Internationaler Geldtransfer & globale Zahlungen | Western Union DE”

Threat verdict Critical 76/100 evidence score

Availability Unverified Current reachability is unverified

Risk signals

VirusTotal detections: 1/91

OTX: 2 refs Jul 27, 2026 CDN

Evidence Summary

CRITICAL

PhishDestroy first observed westernunion.com on Jul 27, 2026. The captured page title is “Internationaler Geldtransfer & globale Zahlungen | Western Union DE”. Current evidence score: 76/100 (critical).

One source contains a positive finding: VirusTotal. VirusTotal recorded 1 detections among 91 engines: Chong Lua Dao on Aug 17, 2026 at 02:06 UTC. Non-positive and contextual checks: AlienVault OTX listed 2 community pulse references (not vendor detections) on Aug 14, 2026 at 23:10 UTC. The separate external-blocklist snapshot contained no matches on Aug 27, 2026 at 14:20 UTC. Google Safe Browsing returned no flag on Aug 14, 2026 at 23:09 UTC.

The collector marked the hostname reachable on Aug 25, 2026 at 22:15 UTC, but did not retain the HTTP response code. Registration records for the domain list MarkMonitor Inc. as the registrar. At collection time, the hostname resolved to 2.17.100.137 on AS20940 (Akamai International B.V.). The IP and ASN identify shared Akamai edge infrastructure; the origin server is not established by this address. TLS metadata lists Sectigo Limited as the certificate issuer with validity through Oct 28, 2026; checked Aug 13, 2026 at 01:02 UTC.

Stored content provides classification context, but only one source contains a positive finding. The stored fields do not identify an impersonated brand or victim interaction.

VirusTotal

1 det.

OTX references

2 community refs

TLS Certificate

Sectigo Limited

Observed status

Unverified

DestroyList

Listed

Data coverage VirusTotal 1 / 91 URLQuery not checked PhishStats not checked OTX 2 community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture not submitted URLScan verdict verdict unavailable DNS blocks not checked TLS valid certificate, 74d WHOIS not parsed Screenshot not captured Redirect chain not probed

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery

Checks

Reports

Availability

7/9

Public Blocklist Status

Domain Intelligence

Domain

Server / ASN AS20940 Akamai International B.V.

IP Context Akamai shared edge origin IP hidden Edge-IP reputation is not attributed to this domain.

Registrar MarkMonitor

ICANN RegistryOfficial ICANN accredited-registrars →

WHOIS LookupICANN RDAP for westernunion.com →

IP Address 2.17.100.137 CDN

Geo

Frankfurt am Main, DE

NetworkAS20940 · Akamai Technologies

Reverse IPviewdns.info → rapiddns.io →

The origin IP is hidden behind a CDN proxy. Reverse-IP results for the edge address contain unrelated tenants; finding the origin requires passive DNS or certificate-transparency data.

Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps

First DetectedJul 27, 2026

Nameserversauth100.ns.uu.net

TLS Fingerprint

TLS Observationvalid from Oct 28, 2025scanned Aug 13, 2026

TLS SAN Domainsbahrain-pi.wu.combahrain-uat.wu.comcorporate.westernunion.comdeveloper.wu.comdeveloperuat.wu.comfoundation.westernunion.comid.wu.comjamaica-pi.wu.comjamaica-uat.wu.comkiosk-sandbox.westernunion.comkiosk.westernunion.comkuwait-pi.wu.comkuwait-uat.wu.commobile-pi.wu.commobile-uat.wu.com+27

Favicon Hash

ICANN OVERSIGHT

Accreditation and RAA context

Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations

For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.

Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.

RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.

Accreditation is a contract, not a safety seal. Verify ICANN fees Read RAA §3.18 PHISHDESTROY INVESTIGATIONICANN funding, contracts, and DNS abuse oversight

Accountability draft Nothing is sent automatically.

Technologies · 12 identified

Bootstrap

UI frameworks

Bootstrap is a free and open-source CSS framework directed at responsive, mobile-first front-end web development. It contains CSS and JavaScript-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, navigation, and other interface components.

getbootstrap.com 100% confidence

Amazon Web Services

PaaS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud services platform offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality.

aws.amazon.com 100% confidence

React

JavaScript frameworks

React is an open-source JavaScript library for building user interfaces or UI components.

reactjs.org 100% confidence

Apache HTTP Server

Web servers

Apache is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software.

httpd.apache.org 100% confidence

Unpkg

CDN

Unpkg is a content delivery network for everything on npm.

unpkg.com 100% confidence

theTradeDesk

Advertising

theTradeDesk is an technology company that markets a software platform used by digital ad buyers to purchase data-driven digital advertising campaigns across various ad formats and devices.

www.thetradedesk.com 100% confidence

TruValidate

Security Browser fingerprinting

TransUnion TruValidate (previously ReputationShield/IDVision from iovation) is an online risk and fraud detection platform.

www.transunion.com 100% confidence

Quantum Metric

Analytics

Quantum Metric is a continuous product design platform that helps organizations build better products faster.

www.quantummetric.com 100% confidence

Optimizely

A/B Testing Personalisation

Optimizely is an experimentation platform that helps developers build and run A/B tests on websites.

www.optimizely.com 100% confidence

OneTrust

Cookie compliance

OneTrust is a cloud-based data privacy management compliance platform.

www.onetrust.com 100% confidence

mParticle

Customer data platform

mParticle is a mobile-focused event tracking and data ingestion tool.

www.mparticle.com 100% confidence

Microsoft Advertising

Advertising

Microsoft Advertising is an online advertising platform developed by Microsoft.

ads.microsoft.com 100% confidence

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VirusTotal Analysis

1 / 91 security vendors flagged this domain

View on VT

Last analyzed 2026-08-17 04:06:25 UTC First positive detection 2026-08-17 04:06:25 UTC Previous stored snapshot: 0 detections

Chong Lua Dao

Site Performance Analysis

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of westernunion.com · checked Aug 13, 2026

Needs Work

Performance

FCP

1.1s

First Contentful Paint

LCP

1.85s

Largest Contentful Paint

CLS

0.034

Cumulative Layout Shift

TBT

2976ms

Total Blocking Time

5.38s

Speed Index

Evidence & External Reports

Security Analysis

VirusTotal 1 det. ChainPatrol URLQuery Open lookup SSL Labs Stored TLS valid CF Radar Open report OTX 2 refs WOT ScamAdviser Blacklist Checker URLVoid Sucuri SiteCheck MDN Observatory

OSINT & Intelligence

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DNS & Network

nslookup.io DNS bgp.tools ASN/Route

SEO & Domain

SpyFu Moz DA/PA Ahrefs Backlinks Deep Analysis

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Threat Response Pipeline

Public Blocklist Status