crest-mortgage[.]cc

This domain, crest-mortgage.cc, is flagged as a high-risk generic phishing threat. It was registered on May 15, 2026, through NameSilo, LLC, and remains active as of the report date of July 13, 2026. The domain resolves to IP address 163.61.188.7, which is located in the United States and associated with MIT. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt R12. The page title retrieved is 'Crest-mortgage', suggesting an attempt to impersonate a mortgage-related service, though the exact content of the site has not been analysed. Infrastructure analysis reveals it uses nameservers from lytehosting.com. Security telemetry shows the domain appears on one security blocklist and is blocked by PhishDestroy. On VirusTotal, 5 out of 92 security vendors flag the domain as malicious, and it is present in one AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulse. Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The HTTP status code is 200, confirming the site is live. Defenders should block access to this domain and monitor for related infrastructure, as the registration and hosting details may indicate broader phishing operations. The exact nature of the scam remains unconfirmed, but the combination of recent registration, low trust scores, and multiple vendor detections warrants immediate caution.