Phishing detection: dnshost-whatsapp.com
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Domain
dnshost-whatsapp.com1 CT host on apex
urlscan
VirusTotal
Whois
IP
156.234.58.242
ipinfo
Greynoise
URL
https://dnshost-whatsapp.com
Phishunt analysis Beta
26
low suspicionheuristic risk score · not a probability
Why?
- +5.3 Keyword match
- +5.1 Site cluster
- +4.0 Young domain
- +3.4 Shared IP cluster
- +3.0 TweetFeed
- +0.9 Young certificate
- +0.9 No registrar lock
- +0.7 Brand in cert SAN
- +0.7 Unrecognised DNS provider
- +0.6 Final host mismatch
- +0.6 Registrar reputation
- +0.4 Long domain
- +0.3 Free CA
- +0.2 Obfuscated JavaScript
- +0.2 Suspicious TLD
- +0.1 Hyphens
- +0.0 ASN reputation
21 signals fired · detector v3.0.0
AI analysis AIBeta
Credential harvesting
Two-day-old lookalike domain impersonating WhatsApp with a 'dnshost' prefix, served over HTTPS with a Let's Encrypt certificate. It redirects to a different host and shares a Hong Kong IP with many sibling WhatsApp domains. Flagged by TweetFeed.
Final host mismatchBrand in cert SANSite cluster
AI-generated from stored detector signals - the AI never visited the site. · 2026-10-22 · confidence 65%
Domain & Network
Whois
Registrar
GKG.Net, Inc.
Network
Country
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hosting
Yancy Limited
ASN
AS138415
TLS Cert
Let's Encrypt
External detection
TweetFeed
CleanGoogle Safe Browsing · OpenPhish · PhishTank · urlscan.io · SANS ISC
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