takhtenards[.]com

The domain takhtenards.com is currently active and has been identified as a high‑risk generic phishing campaign. The site returns HTTP 200 and presents an “Index of /” page title, indicating a placeholder or directory listing rather than legitimate content. The domain was registered on March 06, 2026 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited, and it remains under the control of the same registrant.

Infrastructure analysis shows the domain resolves to IP address 198.177.120.97, which is assigned to the NL (Netherlands) location and belongs to AS22612 operated by Namecheap, Inc. The authoritative nameservers are dns1.namecheaphosting.com and dns2.namecheaphosting.com, both typical of low‑cost hosting providers. The TLS certificate presented is issued by Sectigo Limited under the Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, a standard domain‑validated certificate that does not provide any indication of malicious intent beyond enabling HTTPS.

Threat intelligence feeds corroborate the malicious nature of the domain. VirusTotal reports that 2 out of 95 security vendors have flagged the domain, and Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100. The site is listed on at least one security blocklist and has been actively blocked by PhishDestroy. The combination of a low trust score, vendor detections, and blocklist presence reinforces the assessment of a phishing operation.

Defenders should add takhtenards.com and its resolving IP 198.177.120.97 to network‑level deny lists and monitor DNS queries for the associated nameservers. Email gateways should be configured to reject any messages that reference the domain or its sub‑resources. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as the infrastructure could be repurposed or expanded, but the current evidence strongly supports immediate mitigation.