cointelegraph[.]es

cointelegraph.es was observed on August 04, 2026 as part of an active generic phishing campaign. The domain is listed on a single security blocklist and has been blocked by the PhishDestroy sinkhole. VirusTotal records show that the domain was submitted for analysis and scanned by 91 antivirus and URL‑reputation engines; at the time of writing none of those engines reported a detection.

No public Safe Browsing, Open Threat Exchange (OTX) entries, or additional blocklist listings were identified. Registrar, registration date, IP address, hosting ASN, SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, and page title have not been disclosed in the available intelligence, limiting the depth of infrastructure profiling. The lack of detections in VirusTotal does not constitute proof of benign intent, and the single blocklist entry indicates that at least one security organization considers the domain malicious.

Defenders should treat cointelegraph.es as a potential phishing vector until further evidence clarifies its purpose. Recommended actions include adding the domain to local deny lists, monitoring DNS queries for outbound resolutions, and applying web‑gateway or proxy filtering rules that block HTTP/HTTPS traffic to the domain. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, especially if new threat‑intel sources publish additional indicators such as hosting details, SSL fingerprints, or observed payloads.