# PhishDestroy threat dossier — auo-24.social ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-30 16:03:58 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/auo-24.social/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 48/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.72.138 (US, San Francisco) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: AS13335 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: cecelia.ns.cloudflare.com, garret.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-17 Expires: 2027-06-17 Page title: Seller HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-15 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6b8609674182bd3df7c67580941c3902d985af7430ce0d3b0a74e808597e78b2 ## 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: 2026-06-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 15:32:59 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-30 16:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:18:17 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0e6e-351f-770a-bd4f-5a17a5cea39c/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/auo-24.social crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.auo-24.social Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=auo-24.social AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/auo-24.social URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/auo-24.social/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 15:36:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged under active investigation for hosting a fake marketplace seller scam, a form of brand impersonation designed to deceive users into fraudulent transactions. Analysis indicates the site mimics legitimate e-commerce platforms, likely targeting buyers with counterfeit or non-existent products to extract payments without fulfillment. The specific threat type—brand impersonation—exploits trust in established marketplaces by replicating their visual and operational elements, increasing the likelihood of successful deception. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: the domain auo-24.social resolves to IP address 104.21.72.138, a Cloudflare-associated endpoint that may obscure the true origin of the malicious activity. The domain was registered on June 17, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently utilized for newly created fraudulent domains due to its lenient registration policies. VirusTotal reports 0 out of 95 security vendors flagging the domain as malicious, indicating it has not yet been widely detected or blocked. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, providing a false sense of security to visitors. No blocklist entries or trust score downgrades have been recorded as of this assessment, though the domain remains active and operational. Mitigation steps specific to this threat type include immediate blocking of the domain and its resolving IP address at the network perimeter to prevent user access. Organizations should monitor for internal traffic to auo-24.social and investigate any connections as potential compromise indicators. End-user education should emphasize verifying marketplace legitimacy, particularly for domains registered within the last 30 days, and scrutinizing SSL certificates for anomalies. Security teams are advised to submit the domain to threat intelligence platforms for broader detection and to monitor for newly registered domains under the same registrar or IP range, as these may indicate related malicious infrastructure. Payment processors should be alerted to flag transactions linked to this domain to prevent financial losses. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 6b8609674182bd3df7c67580941c3902d985af7430ce0d3b0a74e808597e78b2 ## 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/auo-24.social/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=auo-24.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: 172,677 domains (12,746 alive under monitoring, 159,341 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io