# PhishDestroy threat dossier — auth-node.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-08-01 18:20:59 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/auth-node.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 84/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.16.86 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US 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: ["dimitris.ns.cloudflare.com", "nancy.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-02-22 Page title: Auth Node ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-04-27 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: add9c0e3c68ae9b8b94c77ef232ae8bfabe3e85f812c00b426b479e79a9a3d25 ## 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: 2026-02-22 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-22 15:05:08 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-08-01 16:45:26 UTC Neutralised: 2026-02-27 06:06:00 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/019c85db-85d6-757c-8f69-c974591eec03/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/a4b0347a-7519-4e02-ba00-5a08816f1708 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/auth-node.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.auth-node.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=auth-node.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/auth-node.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/auth-node.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-24 05:17:45 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] auth-node.com Safety Check — Phishing Detected Analysis on auth-node.com as of July 24, 2026 indicates that the domain was created on 22 February 2026 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and is currently offline. DNS resolution points to 104.21.16.86, an address owned by Cloudflare (AS13335) located in the United States. The authoritative nameservers are dimitris.ns.cloudflare.com and nancy.ns.cloudflare.com, confirming that the domain leverages Cloudflare's reverse-proxy service. HTTP traffic is served over HTTP/3 and the TLS certificate is issued by Google Trust Services under the WE1 root, demonstrating a valid certificate chain but providing no guarantee of legitimacy. The only visible page title is 'Auth Node', and no additional content has been captured. Reputation data shows the domain appears on one security blocklist and has been flagged by PhishDestroy as a phishing-related resource. VirusTotal scans report that three of ninety-five AV engines flagged the domain, reinforcing the suspicion of malicious use. No further evidence such as Safe Browsing alerts, OTX indicators, or detailed payload analysis is available at this time. Given the combination of recent registration, use of a reputable CDN, a valid SSL certificate, and the presence on a phishing blocklist with multiple vendor detections, the domain should be treated as a high-confidence phishing indicator. Defensive teams are advised to add 104.21.16.86 and the domain name to deny lists, monitor DNS queries for future resolution changes, and consider tightening email filters for messages that reference 'Auth Node'. Continued observation of the hosting provider's abuse channels is recommended, as the domain may be re-activated or repurposed. Until further forensic evidence emerges, the current data supports an elevated risk rating. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260222-DBD515 TLS cert SHA-256: add9c0e3c68ae9b8b94c77ef232ae8bfabe3e85f812c00b426b479e79a9a3d25 ## 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 (operator 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/auth-node.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=auth-node.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 177,670 domains (72,496 alive under monitoring, 27,318 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io