# PhishDestroy threat dossier — appcentralbia.digital ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-01 09:32:10 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/appcentralbia.digital/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 55/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Registered: 2026-04-04 Page title: Just a moment... ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED. Domain eventually taken down after 1 abuse notice(s). Reports filed: 1 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-04-05 00:38:41 UTC Days since first notice: 87 (eventually taken down) Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds, OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent. Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies. Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/appcentralbia.digital/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-04 19:30:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-04-04 21:38:41 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-01 11:15:37 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-22 00:26:42 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d5a6d-9f13-75cb-ab1b-e4bdd223d08e/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/22d77c77-a960-4acc-80e2-0c344bd6340b Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/appcentralbia.digital crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.appcentralbia.digital Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=appcentralbia.digital AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/appcentralbia.digital URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/appcentralbia.digital/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 11:21:25 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, appcentralbia.digital, is flagged as an elevated-risk credential harvesting phishing site. Analysis indicates it is designed to mimic legitimate login portals, tricking users into submitting sensitive authentication details such as usernames, passwords, and multi-factor authentication codes. The infrastructure employs evasion techniques to delay detection and maintain operational persistence, posing a direct threat to both individual and organizational security. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: the domain was registered on April 04, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with malicious registrations. It is currently offline but was previously served over HTTP/3 and protected by Cloudflare, including Cloudflare Browser Insights, which may have been used to monitor victim interactions. The domain appears on one security blocklist and is flagged by 5 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. AlienVault OTX lists it in one threat intelligence pulse, and it is actively blocked by PhishDestroy. The page title 'Just a moment...' is consistent with Cloudflare interstitial pages, suggesting the use of proxy services to obscure backend infrastructure. To mitigate the risk posed by appcentralbia.digital, organizations should immediately block the domain at the DNS and web proxy levels. Security teams are advised to review logs for any connections to this domain, particularly from endpoints that may have interacted with it prior to takedown. User awareness training should emphasize the risks of entering credentials on untrusted sites, even if they appear legitimate. Additionally, multi-factor authentication should be enforced to reduce the impact of credential compromise. Given the domain's use of Cloudflare, monitoring for similar domains using the same registrar and hosting patterns is recommended to identify related phishing infrastructure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1775338718-appcentralbia.d ## 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/appcentralbia.digital/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=appcentralbia.digital 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: 173,410 domains (13,246 alive under monitoring, 159,488 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io