tanuki.host is an impersonation phishing page that presents itself under the title "Domains, VPS", the look of a hosting and domain reseller. Its audience is people shopping for servers or domains, or logging in to manage existing ones. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-27. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still alive and its content was reachable through a redirect. The page title describes a hosting storefront, while our classification is impersonation phishing.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages copy the branding and flow of a service people already trust so that the login or checkout screens feel familiar. A "Domains, VPS" storefront gives the operator natural reasons to ask for account credentials, contact details and payment information during sign-up, login or order checkout. Anything typed into those forms goes to the operator instead of the real provider. Victims can lose control of hosting or domain accounts, which can lead to hijacked websites or DNS. Card data entered at checkout can be charged or resold.
Evidence
On 2026-10-03, six of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, URLQuery and VIPRE. That is a minority verdict, but it comes from six unrelated vendors, so the call does not rest on a single source. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX pulses, which means other researchers have tracked it as threat infrastructure. Among blocklists, PhishDestroy currently lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-06 through Global Domain Group LLC, just 21 days before PhishDestroy detected it. A domain this new is a common pattern for disposable phishing sites. It sits behind Cloudflare, Inc. at an address geolocated to Canada, which hides the real origin server. Its certificate from Google Trust Services (WE1) is the standard free certificate issued to Cloudflare-fronted sites. The padlock only means the connection is encrypted and says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you logged in on this site, change that password right away at your real hosting or domain provider. Change it anywhere else you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. Review your account for unfamiliar SSH keys, API tokens, DNS changes or domain transfer requests. If you entered card details, contact your bank to block the card and dispute any charges you don't recognize. Defenders should block tanuki.host at DNS and proxy level and check logs for users who submitted forms to it.
등록 정보생성됨 2026년 9월 6일 (43d · New)—Expires 2027년 9월 6일
HTTP 상태301 Moved Permanently
기술 세부 정보Provenance & timestamps
최초 발견2026년 9월 27일
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 10월 9일score 88/1001 brand signal
IoC Extractionscanned 2026년 9월 29일0 wallet · 1 Telegram IoC
Submitted URLhttps://www.tanuki.host/
Favicon Hash
ICANN OVERSIGHT
인증 및 RAA 상황
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.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-19 10:32:57 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 10:32:57 UTC
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
기술 · 3 identified
Cloudflare Browser Insights
AnalyticsRUM
Cloudflare Browser Insights is a tool that measures the performance of websites from the perspective of users.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
AI 지원 초안 - 사고 세부정보는 AI 제공업체에서 처리됩니다. · 직접 검토하고 제출하세요.
After a phishing incident
피해자를 위한 권고 사항 및 조언
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
지금 당장 어떻게 해야 할까요?
긴급
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
모든 비밀번호 변경 — 이메일, 익스체인지 계정 등, 동일한 비밀번호를 사용하는 모든 것
2단계 인증 활성화 인증 앱(SMS 제외)을 사용합니다. SMS 기반 복구 기능을 비활성화하세요.
카드 동결 피싱 사이트에 은행 계좌 정보를 입력한 경우
보고서를 작성하기 위해 어떤 정보를 수집해야 할까요?
FBI 지침
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.
정확한 날짜 및 시간 — 각 거래 내역 및 사기범과의 첫 접촉 시점
스크린샷 — 사기 웹사이트, 채팅 메시지, 이메일, 지갑 거래, 소셜 미디어
모든 URL 및 도메인 사기꾼이 사용한 (다음과 같은 것들을 포함하여 tanuki.host)
커뮤니케이션 — 사기꾼이 사용한 이메일, 문자, 전화번호, 사용자 이름
비록 모든 세부 사항을 알지 못하더라도 — 어쨌든 신고를 하세요. 부분적인 정보라도 수사에 도움이 됩니다.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
지역 경찰 — 비록 당장 조치를 취할 수는 없더라도 공식 기록을 남깁니다
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
가짜 웹사이트 — 도메인을 약간만 변경한, 정식 사이트와 픽셀 단위로 완벽하게 일치하는 복제 사이트
pig butchering — Telegram·왓츠앱·데이트 앱을 통해 몇 주에 걸쳐 신뢰를 쌓은 뒤, 돈을 훔쳐갔다
회복 사기 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI를 이용한 사기 — 딥페이크, 자동화된 피싱, AI로 생성된 사이트 등으로 인해 사기 행각을 적발하기가 더 어려워지고 있다
앞으로 어떻게 하면 스스로를 지킬 수 있을까요?
공식 사이트 즐겨찾기 추가 — 이메일, DM 또는 광고에 포함된 링크는 절대 클릭하지 마세요
도메인 확인 — 확인하기 PhishDestroy 상호작용을 시작하기 전에 HTTPS, 맞춤법, 도메인 등록 기간을 확인하세요.
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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