# PhishDestroy threat dossier — admin.circlenet.social ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-07 14:31:58 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/admin.circlenet.social/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 216.198.79.1 Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ["ns41.domaincontrol.com", "ns42.domaincontrol.com"] Registered: 2026-05-25 Page title: Circle Admin — Login HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R12 Expires: 2026-08-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: e41323cd755ae0a1e2f053d98ecc17852a67d0ae00e1a426e4a4e9cf0edd5b37 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: CLOSED — no report required. This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file for audit but no formal notice was sent. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-05-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-26 05:20:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-25 12:09:07 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-07 11:05:09 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 17:30:02 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e5f08-3f55-7049-8ded-c6e21d606ac1/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/24955321-d858-477b-8996-55cb380f42e1 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/admin.circlenet.social crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.admin.circlenet.social Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=admin.circlenet.social AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/admin.circlenet.social URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/admin.circlenet.social/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-06 23:16:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Threat Overview This domain, admin.circlenet.social, is a live and actively serving generic phishing/scam operation. It poses a high threat by attempting to defraud users through deceptive tactics. Risk Indicators - This domain has a high threat score of 78 out of 100. - The site is live and actively serving traffic. - 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious, specifically Gridinsoft. - This domain is listed on 3 public blocklists. Technical Details - Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC - Hosting IP: 216.198.79.1 - VirusTotal: 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious (domain scan, not IP) Recommendations - Block and report this domain immediately via your threat-intel platform - Educate users about the dangers of generic phishing and social engineering tactics - Implement robust email and web filtering to detect and block access to suspicious domains ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260525-C6C978 TLS cert SHA-256: e41323cd755ae0a1e2f053d98ecc17852a67d0ae00e1a426e4a4e9cf0edd5b37 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (volunteer 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/admin.circlenet.social/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=admin.circlenet.social Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 157,781 domains (42,440 alive under monitoring, 114,247 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io