ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@hosteurope.de.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 7 days 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.
openbank.security is an impersonation phishing domain. Its name pairs the Openbank banking brand with a reassuring .security ending, a combination aimed at bank customers who might expect a "security check" page. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-13. As of 2026-10-19 the domain still resolves, but its page content no longer loads.
How the scam works
Bank impersonation sites like this are usually reached through texts or emails claiming an account has been locked or a suspicious payment needs confirming. The victim lands on a login form styled like the real bank and enters their username, password, card details or one-time codes, which go straight to the operators. With those, criminals can log in, approve transfers or set up new devices in real time. The page title reads "WordPress Website", a generic default, while our classification is based on the impersonation of the bank name.
Evidence
On 2026-10-17, 9 of 92 VirusTotal engines marked the domain as malicious, among them Kaspersky, BitDefender, Fortinet, Sophos, G-Data, Gridinsoft, CRDF and SOCRadar. That is a modest share of engines, but it comes from several unrelated vendors within days of registration. Four AlienVault OTX threat pulses also reference the domain, so other researchers have independently tracked it. Among public blocklists, it currently appears on PhishDestroy's.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-10-10 through Cloudflare, Inc., only three days before PhishDestroy caught it. That is the typical pattern of a short-lived phishing domain spun up for a single campaign. The site is hosted on the Host Europe GmbH network in France. It carries a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about who runs the site.
What to do
If you entered banking details on this site, contact Openbank or your own bank through the number on your card or official app immediately. Ask them to block your card and review recent transactions. Change your online banking password and any other account that shares it. Make sure two-factor authentication is active on those accounts. Be wary of follow-up calls or messages "from the bank" asking for codes, because stolen logins are often used in exactly that kind of second-stage call. Security teams should block the domain and watch mail and SMS gateways for links to it. It is also worth monitoring for other new domains that combine bank names with .security or similar endings.
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.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
A public ScamAdviser lookup is available. Review its current score and warnings at the source; the existence of a lookup page is not itself a malicious verdict.
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使用技術 · 5 identified
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WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.
Plesk is a web hosting and server data centre automation software with a control panel developed for Linux and Windows-based retail hosting service providers.
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Abuse notice text as sent to the provider
AUP & Terms of Service Violations:
Acceptable Use Policy: Active phishing operations targeting internet users directly violate standard AUP provisions prohibiting fraud and deceptive practices.
Terms of Service: Material breach of service terms regarding malicious use, providing contractual justification for immediate suspension.
Applicable Legal Framework (DE):
German Criminal Code § 263 (Fraud)
German Criminal Code § 263a (Computer Fraud)
Telemedia Act (TMG)
German law prohibits fraud and computer-based deception.
Investigation Notice: We fully respect your internal investigation processes and discretion. Prompt remediation protects innocent users while mitigating regulatory compliance scrutiny, legal liability, and brand reputation risks associated with ongoing malicious infrastructure.
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
地元の警察 — たとえ直ちに行動を起こせなくても、公式な記録が残される
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
詐欺による金銭の返還を装った詐欺 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
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.
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