Is url-drughub.com safe?
http://url-drughub.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Clear-web portal impersonating the DrugHub darknet market, flagged for phishing and brand impersonation
url-drughub.com is a clear-web landing page that presents itself as the official link repository for "DrugHub Market," a darknet marketplace, and offers .onion addresses for that market and the Dread forum. Independent research flags the domain for phishing and brand impersonation, and multiple antivirus families report adverse results. The site's own disclaimer says it is not associated with the Tor hidden service and is for research and educational purposes, which directly contradicts the official-link framing on the same page. The domain is only 181 days old, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed. This combination of impersonation framing, adverse security detections, and a very new domain places it in the High Risk band.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 22/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 4 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- ModerateOne public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "VirusTotal detections: 5/91 Spamhaus DBL: DBL_PHISH Scam type: Brand Impersonation"
- ModerateThe page presents itself as the "Official DrugHub Market Link" and promotes the market as one of the largest darknet markets, which is the impersonation framing the detections describe.
- MinorThe site's own contact details were not reviewed (the page text was not read in full).
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
url-drughub.com is a clear-web landing page that presents itself as the official link repository for "DrugHub Market," a darknet marketplace, and offers .onion addresses for that market and the Dread forum. Independent research flags the domain for phishing and brand impersonation, and multiple antivirus families report adverse results. The site's own disclaimer says it is not associated with the Tor hidden service and is for research and educational purposes, which directly contradicts the official-link framing on the same page. The domain is only 181 days old, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed. This combination of impersonation framing, adverse security detections, and a very new domain places it in the High Risk band.
Impersonation framing backed by phishing detections
The page presents itself as the "Official DrugHub Market Link" and opens with a welcome to "DrugHub market," describing it as launched in August 2023 by the former White House Market team and now one of the largest darknet markets. It also names the administrator behind the market and the Dread forum. This is the language of an official portal for a darknet marketplace, not a neutral information page.
Independent research records the multi-engine malware scan detections of 5/91, a Spamhaus DBL listing of DBL_PHISH, and a scam type of Brand Impersonation, with a PhishDestroy reference for the domain. A separate saved antivirus observation reports adverse results from two independent antivirus families, naming Chong Lua Dao, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and alphaMountain.ai. These are external adverse signals about the domain itself, not just its content.
The site's own disclaimer contradicts its official-link framing
The same page carries a disclaimer stating it is not associated with the Tor hidden service "DrugHub Market" and is provided for research and educational purposes, with a claim that it does not profit from the website. That directly conflicts with the official-link presentation and the market-promotion copy on the same page. A visitor cannot tell from the page itself whether the links are genuine or a phishing lure.
The registrable domain is only 181 days old, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed. A valid TLS certificate and a clean browser threat feed result were observed, but those only mean no technical interception or blocklist hit was recorded at scan time; they do not establish that the operator is trustworthy or that the links are safe.
Why the score is 22
One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "VirusTotal detections: 5/91 Spamhaus DBL: DBL_PHISH Scam type: Brand Impersonation". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
5/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 18, 2026 - stale
5 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 3
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMalicious | phishing |
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | spam |
| FortinetSuspicious | spam |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - phishing - Malicious
- alphaMountain.ai - spam - Suspicious
- Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerphishing and other frauds
- alphaMountain.aiSpam
- Dr.Webdrugs
- Googledrugs
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Official DrugHub Market Link
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Official DrugHub Market Link
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
DrugHub Market | Home
- Meta description
DrugHub Market url and links, secure Monero only darknet market. From the White House Market team
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
DrugHub Market | Home
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Phishing & Impersonation
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "VirusTotal detections: 5/91 Spamhaus DBL: DBL_PHISH Scam type: Brand Impersonation"
- 022 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 03The registrable domain is 181 days old.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a visitor actually does here and what they are exposed to
A visitor arriving on this clear-web page is directed to a .onion address for the DrugHub Market and to a second .onion address for the Dread forum. Following those links takes the visitor off the clear web and into Tor-only infrastructure that cannot be verified from this page.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
Because the domain is flagged for phishing and brand impersonation, the links may not lead to the genuine market at all. A visitor who treats this page as an official gateway and enters credentials or funds on the other end is exposed to credential theft or financial loss, which is the harm the phishing and impersonation detections point to.
Do not use this page as a gateway to any darknet market. The domain is flagged for phishing and brand impersonation, it is only months old, and its own disclaimer contradicts its official-link framing. If you have already followed its .onion links and entered credentials or funds, treat those credentials as compromised and move any remaining funds to a wallet you control.
Web research findings
Independent findings for url-drughub.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- PhishDestroyopen
"VirusTotal detections: 5/91 Spamhaus DBL: DBL_PHISH Scam type: Brand Impersonation"
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainurl-drughub.com
- Redirects tourl-drughub.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencescdn.jsdelivr.net · drughub66wzkqtmwt57dw4vsorosxm6kcru7kmrtf2uluvwmtgo7bkqd.onion
Domain Timeline
- Apr 21, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 20, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for url-drughub.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- jsDelivr
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://url-drughub.com/
- 2200https://url-drughub.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
The page presents itself as the "Official DrugHub Market Link" and promotes the market as one of the largest darknet markets, which is the impersonation framing the detections describe. · 2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "VirusTotal detections: 5/91 Spamhaus DBL: DBL_PHISH Scam type: Brand Impersonation"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 5 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 18, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result5 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 18, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Clear-web portal impersonating the DrugHub darknet market, flagged for phishing and brand impersonation
url-drughub.com is a clear-web landing page that presents itself as the official link repository for "DrugHub Market," a darknet marketplace, and offers .onion addresses for that market and the Dread forum. Independent research flags the domain for phishing and brand impersonation, and multiple antivirus families report adverse results. The site's own disclaimer says it is not associated with the Tor hidden service and is for research and educational purposes, which directly contradicts the official-link framing on the same page. The domain is only 181 days old, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed. This combination of impersonation framing, adverse security detections, and a very new domain places it in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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