# PhishDestroy threat dossier — auditscan.uk
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Fetched:   2026-07-01 00:21:00 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/auditscan.uk/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 79/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing
Targeted brand: Bybit

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.54.115.18 (US, Phoenix)
ASN:             ASAS22612 NAMECHEAP-NET - Namecheap, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS22612 Namecheap, Inc.
Registrar:       Namecheap, Inc. [Tag = NAMECHEAP-INC]
Nameservers:     dns1.namecheaphosting.com, dns2.namecheaphosting.com
Registered:      2026-06-13
Expires:         2027-06-13
Page title:      Bybit Audit

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Sectigo Limited / Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
Expires:    2026-12-29
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: f15e274a0ad48af31a74802ddbc14f3ab75c88cbbf5936364f37ca8e036c706f
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.auditscan.uk

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-06-13 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-26 10:30:52 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-01 00:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-26 12:01:23 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f030c-ced1-702a-b9c5-fe012057f857/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/auditscan.uk
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.auditscan.uk
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=auditscan.uk
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/auditscan.uk
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/auditscan.uk/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-26 10:39:11 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain auditscan.uk is currently under investigation for credential theft operations targeting business professionals and corporate audit platforms. Analysis indicates the domain is actively resolving and has not yet been flagged by security vendors, though its infrastructure exhibits characteristics consistent with credential harvesting campaigns.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 13, 2026, through Namecheap, Inc. (registrar tag NAMECHEAP-INC) and currently resolves to the IP address 198.54.115.18. VirusTotal reports zero detections across 95 security vendors, while the SSL certificate is issued by Sectigo Limited. No blocklist entries or trust score downgrades have been recorded at this time, though the future-dated registration (2026) is a notable anomaly in the domain's profile.  Current status remains active with no confirmed takedown or sinkholing observed. Organizations are advised to implement DNS-based blocking of 198.54.115.18 and monitor for connections to auditscan.uk in network logs. Security teams should treat any authentication prompts from this domain as malicious and conduct internal investigations for potential credential exposure. The future-dated registration warrants particular scrutiny, as this technique is frequently employed in long-term phishing infrastructure.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - Public blocklists: now listed on 2 feeds

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       bb80c71358de0473110d9cbe2bfa2087
TLS cert SHA-256:      f15e274a0ad48af31a74802ddbc14f3ab75c88cbbf5936364f37ca8e036c706f

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/auditscan.uk/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=auditscan.uk
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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