# PhishDestroy threat dossier — 8520258.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-30 17:47:57 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/8520258.com/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, PhishFort, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      156.227.78.114 (HK, Hong Kong)
ASN:             AS139880 OWGELS INTERNATIONAL CO., LIMITED
Hosting org:     Starbow Ltd
Registrar:       Unstoppable Domains Inc.
Nameservers:     dan.ns.cloudflare.com, vera.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-09-29
Expires:         2026-09-29
Page title:      8520258.com
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-07-23
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 1253438b949b3b25917dc425f706c8f36a10cc6a7fa70f35e9285718a844d47a

## 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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Domain registered: 2025-09-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-27 09:41:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-27 09:38:33 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-30 16:20:25 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019fa284-a145-75c1-989e-39345b04148b/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/59102544-f970-49e5-a3c1-5646894683f8
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/8520258.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.8520258.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=8520258.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/8520258.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/8520258.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-27 09:44:18 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Alert: 8520258.com Used in High‑Risk Phishing Campaign

The domain 8520258.com was registered on September 29, 2025 through Unstoppable Domains Inc. and is currently resolving to the IPv4 address 156.227.78.114. DNS resolution is served by Cloudflare nameservers dan.ns.cloudflare.com and vera.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating the use of a reputable DNS provider to obscure the true hosting location. The domain appears on a single known security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy feed, confirming that at least one anti‑phishing service has observed malicious activity associated with the name.

VirusTotal analysis shows that 2 of 91 scanning engines flagged the domain, providing additional independent confirmation of potential abuse. No public page title or Safe Browsing verdict is available in the supplied data, so the exact content served by the site remains uncertain. The limited detection footprint suggests that the campaign may be newly launched or operating under a low‑profile hosting arrangement.

Defenders should add 8520258.com to DNS and URL filtering policies, monitor traffic to its resolving IP address 156.227.78.114, and consider upstream blocking of the associated Cloudflare nameservers if broader mitigation is required. Continuous re‑evaluation is recommended as further threat intelligence, such as page screenshots or sandbox analysis, becomes available.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260727-CB599A
TLS cert SHA-256:      1253438b949b3b25917dc425f706c8f36a10cc6a7fa70f35e9285718a844d47a

## 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/8520258.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=8520258.com
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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