# PhishDestroy threat dossier — applyaebenefits.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-23 15:23:54 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/applyaebenefits.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 72/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 7/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, URLQuery URLQuery: 3 detections ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. 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 Nameservers: ["cody.ns.cloudflare.com", "surina.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-04-21 Page title: Fazaa Platinum Card — Premium Perks Across UAE ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-07-13 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8c4c5f7bebc11130dd78f55fd465a877ee6988414e2f1bcb1735262e476d9dba ## 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: 2026-04-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-21 11:41:45 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-21 09:20:08 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-23 13:40:09 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-23 00:28:02 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019daf31-cc80-7067-b2fb-50f91b8d6a89/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/c0aebe00-e88d-4e7e-ae08-f89ba75a3743 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/applyaebenefits.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.applyaebenefits.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=applyaebenefits.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/applyaebenefits.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/applyaebenefits.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-21 11:43:18 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies applyaebenefits.com as an active generic phishing domain posing as a legitimate US benefits administration portal to harvest login credentials and personal identification information. It has no affiliation with any government agency and instead hosts a fraudulent interface designed to trick victims into surrendering sensitive data. The domain does not appear to leverage a specific drainer kit, but the overall page structure mimics official government login flows to maximize deception. This domain was registered on April 14, 2025 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and currently resolves to IP 188.114.97.3. VirusTotal analysis shows only 2 out of 95 participating security vendors flagged the domain at the time of analysis, indicating low initial detection coverage. Google Safe Browsing has not yet blacklisted the site, and public blocklist aggregations list it zero times, underscoring the need for proactive blocking by enterprise and consumer defenses. applyaebenefits.com remains active and resolved by authoritative DNS servers. Security teams are advised to block DNS resolution for 188.114.97.3 and applyaebenefits.com at the network perimeter. End users should refrain from visiting the domain and report any accidental interactions to their IT department or local cybercrime unit. Although the current risk level is assessed as elevated, the absence of widespread blocklisting and the domain’s recent creation suggest this threat could escalate quickly. Continuous monitoring and immediate takedown requests to the hosting provider are recommended to mitigate further compromise. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260421-662EC5 Favicon MD5: a26cd9ab45ef085daa13dd8b57563b97 TLS cert SHA-256: 8c4c5f7bebc11130dd78f55fd465a877ee6988414e2f1bcb1735262e476d9dba ## 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/applyaebenefits.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=applyaebenefits.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io