# PhishDestroy threat dossier — worldcup26kc.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-23 20:17:10 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/worldcup26kc.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 78/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Fortinet, G-Data, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.198.79.67 (US, Seattle)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ns31.domaincontrol.com, ns32.domaincontrol.com
Registered:      2024-03-10
Expires:         2027-03-10
Page title:      World Cup 2026 | Tickets, Hotels & VIP Packages

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     GoDaddy.com, Inc. / Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
Expires:    2026-09-13
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 7f943689d4d271cae9816cdd88148e8a5686634412ba5a10f91548e22ddb65b2

## 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: 2024-03-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-22 23:29:44 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-22 21:53:43 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-23 20:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-23 00:01:45 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/019ef13b-ed46-74db-b928-02831af13211/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/bc6a07eb-a5a6-4825-9584-9c323701fc0c
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/worldcup26kc.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.worldcup26kc.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=worldcup26kc.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/worldcup26kc.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/worldcup26kc.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 00:00:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain poses a significant threat as a brand impersonation scam, attempting to deceive users by offering World Cup 2026 tickets, hotels, and VIP packages. 
   
The evidence against worldcup26kc.com is substantial, with 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagging it as malicious, and it was created on March 10, 2024, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, resolving to the IP address 15.197.225.128. 

If users have visited this domain, they should immediately check their devices for any malware and change their login credentials, as the site may have been designed to steal sensitive information, and report any suspicious activity to prevent further damage.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260622-C857D1
Favicon MD5:       0e1722dd05810bb995f4ea0109e02a8b
TLS cert SHA-256:      7f943689d4d271cae9816cdd88148e8a5686634412ba5a10f91548e22ddb65b2

## 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/worldcup26kc.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=worldcup26kc.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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