VirusTotal
4 / 91 engine detections
Abrir informe“dark.direct | direct access to the darknet”
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is compliance@tucows.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 2 months has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations. This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Dominio en listas de bloqueo: dark.direct — Último activo conocido (HTTP 200). Resumen de las pruebas: VirusTotal 4/91 (alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint…
El análisis detallado de PhishDestroy AI se mantiene en inglés para conservar el registro forense original.
4 / 91 engine detections
Abrir informechecked — no detections recorded
Abrir informe4 community references
Abrir informeprovider verdict: clean
Abrir informeNo threat flag
Abrir informeNo malicious flag
Abrir informeResults reflect each source’s collection time. Zero detections do not guarantee safety. OTX references are community publications.
PhishDestroy threat report
dark.direct calls itself "direct access to the darknet", and PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page. It targets people searching for reliable entry points to darknet services, who already depend on third-party link lists and are easy prey for a convincing fake directory. PhishDestroy first flagged the domain on 2026-08-11, and it was still online with live content on 2026-10-19.
Impersonation sites in this niche copy the look and promise of a trusted link directory, then send visitors to cloned login pages instead of the real services. Anyone who signs in through those copies hands over their username, password and sometimes recovery details. Crypto sent to a deposit address shown on a cloned page goes straight to the operators, and victims lose account access, stored balances and every deposit they make.
On 2026-09-25, VirusTotal showed 4 of 91 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That count is low, so most browsers and security tools are unlikely to warn a visitor. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which shows other researchers have linked it to malicious activity on their own. Among blocklists, PhishDestroy lists it.
The domain was registered on 2021-10-02 through Tucows Domains Inc., nearly five years before PhishDestroy detected it. This is an aged name rather than a fresh throwaway, and its age should not be read as a sign of trust. The site sits behind Cloudflare's network in the US, so the visible address belongs to Cloudflare and does not reveal the hosting server behind it.
If you logged in to any service through a link from this site, change that password right away from a source you already trust. Change it anywhere else you reused it too, and turn on PGP-based or app-based two-factor authentication. Do not send crypto to any address the site or its linked pages showed you, and only use links you can verify against PGP-signed mirror lists. Defenders should block the domain at the DNS and proxy level and check logs for past visits to identify affected users.
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.
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.
La reputación de Edge-IP no se atribuye a este dominio.
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6e0e0498f8e5758e06897df97ca0c51aa2b148eeb12a60dcd5a93c9330af5446Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of dark.direct · checked Aug 11, 2026
An estimated time describes an observation window. It does not prove a registrar action or the exact moment a site became unavailable.
Compare what a browser and a crawler receive, and check for Keitaro traffic routing.
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4 community references
View source4/91 engine detections
View sourceNo threat flag
View sourcePD-20260811-B404BE
Page captured
View sourcedark.direct
View sourcePD-20260811-B404BE Recipient: compliance@tucows.com Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc (Canada) Policy Violations: Participates in DNS Abuse Framework; explicitly recognizes phishing, malware, botnets, pharming, spam-as-vector as abuse requiring registrar action Applicable Laws: Criminal Code §342.1 (unauthorized access), §380 (fraud)
Si ingresó credenciales de cuenta, información personal o de pago, o descargó un archivo de este dominio, tome medidas inmediatas. A continuación encontrará recursos que le ayudarán a informar el incidente y protegerse.
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Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
dark.direct)Aunque no tengas todos los detalles — presenta la denuncia de todos modos. Incluso la información parcial sigue siendo útil para las investigaciones.
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
Further guidance: NIST · phishing responseFBI IC3 · reports & evidenceFTC · recovery scams
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This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.