# PhishDestroy threat dossier — 18296.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-07-24 11:44:47 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/18296.xyz/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      7/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Netcraft, SOCRadar, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      103.27.177.164 (HK, Mong Kok)
ASN:             AS135357 HONG KONG KOWLOON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO.,LIMITED
Hosting org:     HONG KONG KOWLOON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LIMITED
Registrar:       GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com
Nameservers:     ["a4.share-dns.com", "b4.share-dns.net"]

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-09-27
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 21dbb82df5ebd86c78f5402e8216dc6fc91cef4ee6ee80e2d5d250237a56504d
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - 18140.xyz
  - 18145.xyz
  - 18150.xyz
  - 18155.xyz
  - 18156.xyz
  - 18224.xyz
  - 18226.xyz
  - 18229.xyz
  - 18232.xyz
  - 18233.xyz
  - 18236.xyz
  - 18284.xyz
  - 18295.xyz
  - 18297.xyz
  - 18299.xyz
  ... +84 more

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 13:00:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-24 12:22:35 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 19:23:58 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

18296.xyz credential harvesting site detected

Analysis of the domain 18296.xyz shows an active phishing infrastructure as of July 19, 2026. The domain resolves to IP 103.27.177.164 and returns HTTP status code 200, indicating a live web service. Registration records list GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com as the registrar, and the authoritative name servers are a4.share-dns.com and b4.share-dns.net. Threat intelligence feeds have flagged the domain on one security blocklist and PhishDestroy is already blocking it. VirusTotal reports that 7 of 91 scanned security vendors have identified the domain as malicious, reinforcing the suspicion of malicious use. No additional details about the hosted content, target brand, or phishing kit have been disclosed, so the exact payload or credential‑harvesting technique remains unknown. Defenders should block outbound connections to 103.27.177.164 and add 18296.xyz to DNS‑based deny lists. Monitoring for any DNS queries to the listed name servers is advisable, and any traffic that matches known phishing patterns should be inspected for credential exfiltration. Continuous re‑evaluation is recommended as further analysis of the website content becomes available.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      21dbb82df5ebd86c78f5402e8216dc6fc91cef4ee6ee80e2d5d250237a56504d

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates:
  - VirusTotal positive ratio
  - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus,
    CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB)
  - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor)
  - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.)
  - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing
  - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts
  - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording)
  - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures)
  - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...)
  - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal)
  - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record)
  - Human researcher sign-off (operator takedown team)

A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does
NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their
first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite
score and the individual indicators above, not just VT.

## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/18296.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=18296.xyz
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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