f1169862[.]xsph[.]ru

Analysis conducted on 23 July 2026 identifies the domain f1169862.xsph.ru as a high‑risk brand‑impersonation site targeting the AliExpress brand. The domain was registered on 06 October 2025 and resolves to the IPv4 address 141.8.193.236, which is announced by AS35278 (SPRINTHOST.RU LLC) and geolocated to Russia. The hosting environment is provided by Sprinthost, as indicated by the four nameservers ns1.sprinthost.ru, ns2.sprinthost.ru, ns3.sprinthost.net and ns4.sprinthost.net. No TLS certificate is deployed, and the web server returns HTTP status code 400 for requests, suggesting a misconfigured or intentionally failing endpoint.

The page title returned by the server reads “Alibaba Manufacturer Directory – Suppliers, Manufacturers, Exporters & Importers”, which does not reference AliExpress and may be intended to confuse visitors or search engines. Reputation services rate the domain extremely poorly: Scamadviser assigns a trust score of 1/100, Gridinsoft 0/100, and the domain appears on a single security blocklist. Google Safe Browsing flags the site for social engineering, and PhishDestroy has actively blocked it. VirusTotal analysis shows that 17 of 95 scanning engines flagged the domain as malicious, providing additional corroboration of its illicit nature.

The site is currently offline, but the infrastructure remains in place and could be re‑activated. Defenders should add the IP address 141.8.193.236 and the domain to firewall deny lists, monitor DNS queries for the domain and its nameservers, and consider sinkholing the address to prevent future abuse. Continuous observation of the AS35278 network for similar registrations is advised, as the registrar SPRINTHOST‑NET‑193 has been linked to other fraudulent domains. Until the domain is definitively taken down, security teams should treat any traffic to f1169862.xsph.ru as malicious and block it at perimeter devices.