Destroylist: Phishing & Scam Domain Blacklist

Destroylist

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Quick Start

Add to Pi-hole or AdGuard Home in one click — paste this URL into your blocklist settings:

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/phishdestroy/destroylist@main/rootlist/formats/primary_active/hosts.txt

CDN link above is recommended — served via jsDelivr global CDN, no rate limits. Raw GitHub mirror (may return 429 on heavy traffic): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phishdestroy/destroylist/main/rootlist/formats/primary_active/hosts.txt

More formats: Hosts · AdBlock · Dnsmasq · Unbound · RPZ · API

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Table of Contents

Quick Start
Live Statistics
Data Feeds
Root Lists
Content-Verified Feeds
Threat Intelligence API
About Destroylist
Workflow & Remediation
Fraud Victims Info
Appeals Process
Connect With Us
Join the Fight

Live Statistics

Primary	Primary Live	Community	Community Live

Primary Content	Community Content

Data Feeds

[!TIP] Production: list.json or active_domains.json · Max coverage: blocklist.json · Firewall/DNS: root lists

📁 All Download Formats (TXT, Hosts, AdBlock, Dnsmasq, Unbound, RPZ)

Getting 429 errors? Use the jsDelivr CDN links below — they bypass GitHub rate limits.

Via jsDelivr CDN (recommended, no rate limits):

Root Lists

[!TIP] Root domains only — no subdomains, hosting providers excluded

All Roots — clean root domains (no infra) · Live Only — DNS-verified active · Services Only — hosting platform subdomains (Vercel, Pages.dev, Netlify, etc.)

Content-Verified Feeds

[!NOTE] Real HTTP content verification — not just DNS, but actual phishing page detection

Feed	Update	Description
Primary Content	`12h` (06:00 / 18:00 UTC)	Curated phishing with verified active content

Download links: see Data Feeds above

[!WARNING] Cloaking Alert: Scammers use cloaking to hide phishing from bots — showing blank/fake pages to scanners. Domain NOT in content list ≠ safe! Use Primary or Community full lists for complete protection.

Threat Intelligence API

API

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flowchart LR
  Request["🌐 Client Request<br/>(Single / Bulk)"] e1@--> API["⚡ Live API<br/>api.destroy.tools"]
  API e2@--> Engine["🧠 Threat Engine<br/>(Risk Score 0-100)"]
  Engine e3@--> DB[("🗄️ Destroylist DB<br/>1M+ Threats")]
  DB e4@--> Engine
  Engine e5@--> Response["📋 JSON Response<br/>(Severity & Status)"]

  classDef client fill:#000000,stroke:#333333,stroke-width:2px,color:#FFFFFF;
  classDef api fill:#000000,stroke:#FF0000,stroke-width:2px,color:#FFFFFF;
  classDef db fill:#000000,stroke:#333333,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5,color:#FFFFFF;
  classDef animate stroke:#FF0000,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray:10 5,stroke-dashoffset:900,animation:dash 22s linear infinite;
  classDef animateDark stroke:#333333,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray:10 5,stroke-dashoffset:900,animation:dash 22s linear infinite;

  class Request client;
  class API,Engine,Response api;
  class DB db;
  class e1,e2,e3,e5 animate;
  class e4 animateDark;

Free, open, no API key. Real-time domain risk scoring (0-100) across 888K+ threats · 2h sync · Single & bulk check (500/req) · Keyword search · Full feeds

📖 API Endpoints, Scoring & Integration Examples

Endpoints

About Destroylist

[!NOTE] Live data collection began on July 1, 2025

888K+ domains tracked · 13+ threat sources · 50+ vendor reports · 6 output formats · Free API

Destroylist is a real-time threat intelligence platform by PhishDestroy — protecting firewalls, DNS resolvers, browser extensions, and security teams worldwide. Every domain is discovered, verified, reported to registrars, and published transparently.

Data Pipeline

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flowchart TB
  subgraph Sources["🔍 Threat Sources"]
    S1[30+ Parsers]
    S2[Community Feeds]
    S3[Telegram Bot]
    S4[CT Logs / DNS]
  end

  subgraph Ingestion["📥 Ingestion"]
    I1[smart_aggregator.py]
    I2[validate_and_clean.py]
  end

  subgraph Enrichment["🧠 Enrichment"]
    E1[DNS Validation]
    E2[HTTP Content Check]
    E3[VirusTotal / GSB]
  end

  subgraph Distribution["📡 Distribution"]
    D1[JSON / TXT]
    D2[Hosts / AdBlock]
    D3[RPZ / Unbound]
    D4[API Feed]
  end

  Sources --> Ingestion
  Ingestion --> Enrichment
  Enrichment --> Distribution

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  classDef ingest fill:#000000,stroke:#FF0000,stroke-width:2px,color:#FFFFFF;
  classDef enrich fill:#000000,stroke:#CC0000,stroke-width:2px,color:#FFFFFF;
  classDef dist fill:#000000,stroke:#FF0000,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5,color:#FFFFFF;

  class S1,S2,S3,S4 source;
  class I1,I2 ingest;
  class E1,E2,E3 enrich;
  class D1,D2,D3,D4 dist;

🔧 Quick Integration Examples (Subscribe URLs · curl · Python · Bash)

Threat Intelligence & Automated Remediation Workflow

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flowchart LR
  Discover["🔍 DISCOVER<br/>30+ Parsers"] e1@--> Report["📤 REPORT<br/>50+ Vendors"]
  Report e2@--> Legal["⚖️ LEGAL<br/>ICANN Compliance"]
  Legal e3@--> Publish["📡 PUBLISH<br/>Real-time Feed"]

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  classDef animate stroke:#FF0000,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray:10 5,stroke-dashoffset:900,animation:dash 22s linear infinite;

  class Discover,Report,Legal,Publish box;
  
  class e1,e2,e3 animate;

Workflow

📖 Read Full Workflow Details

🔍 Phase 1: Pre-emptive Discovery & Ingestion

🔎 We utilize a distributed network of 30+ proprietary parsers to identify malicious domains at their earliest stage:

Advanced Heuristics: Continuous monitoring of Google Ads (Malvertising), SEO-manipulated search results, and trending social media campaigns on Twitter (X), YouTube, and Telegram
Infrastructure Analysis: Leveraging dnstwist and typosquatting detection to catch look-alike domains targeting established brands
Community Intelligence: Real-time ingestion of community-reported threats via our Telegram Bot and partner intelligence feeds

📤 Phase 2: Global Ecosystem Contribution

Once a threat is confirmed, we submit data to over 50 industry-leading vendors:

Cloudflare        Google Safe Browsing      Microsoft Security      VirusTotal
Netcraft          ESET                      Bitdefender             Norton Safe Web
Avira             PhishTank                 Dr.Web                  Yandex Safe Browsing
URLScan.io        PolySwarm                 SiteReview              Urlquery
PhishStats        PhishReport               IsItPhish               ThreatCenter

📝 Phase 3: Legal Notifications & Investigation Support

Key Info for Online Fraud Victims

Abuse Process

Show details about complaints and transparency

💼 DestroyList aims to disable malicious domains: scams, phishing, and other illicit sites to enhance internet safety.

Before a domain is added, we:

🔍 Scan it across cybersecurity platforms for threat intelligence.

📥 Send an official complaint to the registrar and the hosting provider (via WHOIS), including scan results, screenshots, and a request for client investigation. The complaint also notifies them about inclusion in our public database.

🚔 According to ICANN rules, registrars must review such complaints within 24 hours.

🦖 We work hard to eliminate threats quickly. Every malicious domain is analyzed, documented, reported, and published transparently.

However, when a domain receives 10–30+ abuse reports and a registrar still ignores them for months, the situation changes: the registrar is no longer a passive party. It effectively provides infrastructure for illegal activity.

Some registrars behave as if their internal policies somehow override ICANN requirements and national laws — as if phishing and fraud are "allowed" as long as they personally decide not to act.

👮 We document this publicly so that anyone can see: threats persist not because they were unnoticed, but because the responsible providers simply chose to do nothing.

Requests from private individuals:

DestroyList is an open-source, non-commercial volunteer project.

Private individuals may request the number of abuse reports we have sent for a specific domain, but only through public channels:

via GitHub issues
via commit history: https://github.com/phishdestroy/destroylist/commits/main/

❗ We do not respond to private e-mail requests from individuals about report counts.

✔️ This is a legal requirement for transparency and equal access to information.

Official government or law-enforcement requests may be answered privately.

💔 If you were defrauded by a domain already listed here, check its addition date using the commit history or via our Telegram/Mastodon channels.

💬 If the fraud happened after the domain was already listed, the registrar's or host's delay may indicate they share responsibility for the loss. Future potential victims can also see this negligence documented publicly.

🔞 Registrars and hosts that tolerate scam operations may reasonably be expected to assist victims or their legal representatives.

Use Cases & Historical Vault

Network security · Threat research · AI/ML training · Trend analysis · Automation

Point-in-time history — every state of the list is reconstructable:

[!TIP] 📩 Historical Vault (500K+ domains, 5+ years archived): [email protected]

Appeals Process

Appeals

Wrongly listed? Fix it fast:

✔️ Appeals Form — fastest option
✔️ GitHub Issue with proof

Accuracy first! 🔭

Connect With Us

👾 Pac-Man Contribution Graph

📄 License

MIT — Free, open, yours to use!

Join the Fight!

Every star helps this project reach more security teams and protect more users.

We welcome contributions:

🔍 Fresh threat intelligence & new blocklist sources
💡 Detection algorithm improvements
📢 Integration guides for new platforms
🌐 Translations & documentation

Drop an Issue or PR — let's crush phishing together! 💪

Primary	Curated phishing domains	⚡ Real-time
Primary Live	DNS verified active	🕐 24h
Community	Aggregated from 13+ sources	🕐 2h
Community Live	Community DNS verified	🕐 24h
Primary Content	Curated + HTTP content verified	🕐 12h
Community Content	Aggregated + HTTP content verified	🕐 24h
Allowlist	False positive protection	✋ Manual

TXT	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
Hosts	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
AdBlock	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
Dnsmasq	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
Unbound	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
RPZ	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
Redis	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️

Format	Primary	Primary Live	Community	Community Live
TXT	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
Hosts	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
AdBlock	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️	⬇️
Dnsmasq	⬇️	⬇️

🔴 Primary	JSON · TXT	JSON · TXT	JSON · TXT
⚫ Community	JSON · TXT	JSON · TXT	JSON · TXT

`GET`	`/v1/check?domain=`	Single domain check with risk score & severity
`POST`	`/v1/check/bulk`	Bulk check up to 500 domains per request
`GET`	`/v1/search?q=`	Search blocklisted domains by keyword
`GET`	`/v1/feed/{list}`	Download full domain feeds (primary, community, active)
`GET`	`/v1/stats`	Live statistics & domain counts

Most Popular

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Threat Scoring

Quick Integration

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Python

Bash

📢 Phase 4: Public Transparency & Community Alerts

Signal	Points	Description
Curated blocklist	+40	In primary destroylist
Community reported	+20	Reported by community sources
DNS active	+30	Domain currently resolves
Multi-source	+10	Confirmed by multiple feeds
Suspicious keywords	+5 each	metamask, wallet, airdrop, etc.
Risky TLD	+5	.xyz, .top, .club, .icu, etc.

Pi-hole	Hosts	`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phishdestroy/destroylist/main/rootlist/formats/primary_active/hosts.txt`
AdGuard Home	AdBlock	`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phishdestroy/destroylist/main/rootlist/formats/primary_active/adblock.txt`
uBlock Origin	AdBlock	`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phishdestroy/destroylist/main/rootlist/formats/primary_active/adblock.txt`
pfSense / OPNsense (Unbound)	Unbound	`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phishdestroy/destroylist/main/rootlist/formats/primary_active/unbound.conf`
BIND / Knot DNS (RPZ)	RPZ	`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phishdestroy/destroylist/main/rootlist/formats/primary_active/rpz.zone`
Dnsmasq	Dnsmasq	`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phishdestroy/destroylist/main/rootlist/formats/primary_active/dnsmasq.conf`

30+ parsers	50+ vendors	ICANN compliance	Real-time
CT logs, DNS	Google, Microsoft	Abuse notifications	GitHub, Telegram
Social media	VirusTotal, Cloudflare	Evidence packages	Twitter, Mastodon

Every change	Commit history	Forever (41,000+ commits)
Daily added/removed diffs	`changes/`	Forever, searchable in GitHub code search
Weekly & monthly full snapshots	`archives/` → Release assets	Recent in tree, older rotated to the permanent Release

namesilo-evidence	Evidence archive — NameSilo registrar abuse investigation
nicenic-evidence	Evidence archive — NiceNIC registrar abuse investigation
trustname-evidence	Evidence archive — TrustName registrar abuse investigation
ScamIntelLogs	Raw scam intelligence logs and IOC data
DestroyScammers	Scammer exposure and disruption operations