# PhishDestroy threat dossier — base-ref.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 06:40:56 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/base-ref.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 59/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Targeted brand: Base ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ESET, Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.165.68 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Nameservers: dilbert.ns.cloudflare.com, serenity.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-05 Expires: 2027-06-05 Page title: Claim Refund HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2ec8864c5263a7e8fd2400238dddb179980289acb86efd89d62b7e53ea605ac7 ## 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: 2026-06-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-06 14:29:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-13 08:20:41 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-06 18:16:50 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f3766-5e50-751c-8db6-b07b5dc82ec7/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/base-ref.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.base-ref.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=base-ref.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/base-ref.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/base-ref.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-06 15:00:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, base-ref.com, is currently under investigation for credential theft phishing activity. Analysis indicates the domain is designed to harvest user login credentials through deceptive login portals or fraudulent authentication prompts. No specific brand impersonation has been confirmed at this stage, but the infrastructure aligns with known credential harvesting campaigns targeting enterprise and consumer accounts. The domain remains active and unblocked across most security platforms. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: the domain was registered on June 05, 2026, through Spaceship, Inc., and resolves to the IP address 104.21.57.178. As of the latest scan, the domain has been flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating it has not yet been widely detected or reported. No entries exist on major blocklists, and trust scores remain neutral due to the lack of historical malicious activity. The creation date suggests the domain may be part of a newer campaign, potentially leveraging fresh infrastructure to evade detection. Current status is classified as active and under investigation. Organizations are advised to monitor network traffic for connections to 104.21.57.178 and base-ref.com, particularly from endpoints exhibiting unusual authentication attempts or redirects to unfamiliar login pages. Security teams should implement temporary DNS-based blocking for the domain and IP while awaiting further intelligence. Endpoint detection rules should be updated to flag any process establishing connections to the domain or its resolved IP. Given the lack of prior detections, manual inspection of related network logs is recommended to identify potential compromise indicators. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 2/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: ac37ab45b6537cd8f8ed75bf43016429 TLS cert SHA-256: 2ec8864c5263a7e8fd2400238dddb179980289acb86efd89d62b7e53ea605ac7 ## 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/base-ref.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=base-ref.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: 178,020 domains (49,754 alive under monitoring, 128,266 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io