ski[.]tv-merklingen[.]de

Analysis indicates that the domain ski.tv-merklingen.de is currently active and classified as a high‑risk Google brand‑impersonation site. The HTTP response returns status 200 and the page title references a local sports club, which does not align with the claimed Google affiliation, suggesting an attempt to disguise malicious intent. Infrastructure points to a server hosted in Germany (IP 81.88.36.52, belonging to Dogado GmbH) and uses Nginx with a PHP backend powered by Joomla, jQuery and Unpkg libraries. The SSL certificate is a short‑lived Let’s Encrypt R13 certificate, typical for rapidly deployed fraudulent sites. Reputation metrics are extremely poor: Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0/100, 16 of 91 VirusTotal scanners have flagged the domain, and it appears on at least one public blocklist, currently blocked by PhishDestroy. Nameservers are cns1‑cns3.alfahosting.info, indicating use of a shared hosting provider. While the exact payload or credential‑harvesting mechanism has not been observed, the combination of a brand‑impersonation label, low trust scores, and multiple vendor detections provides strong evidence of malicious intent. Defenders should immediately add ski.tv-merklingen.de to block lists, monitor outbound DNS queries for the associated IP and nameservers, and enforce URL filtering for any Google‑related login attempts that resolve to this host. Additional investigation of the Joomla installation may reveal hidden scripts or redirects, and any compromised credentials should be rotated.