# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bestec.cc ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 13:48:50 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bestec.cc/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Gname.com Pte. Ltd. Nameservers: eleanor.ns.cloudflare.com, lamar.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-08-04 Expires: 2026-08-04 Page title: Best HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-15 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 589314c57a89d0c3fef355b37cc475202a165ae7d664562eb1b3c42a87b3c07d ## 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: 2025-08-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-18 17:31:20 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-18 15:37:58 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-29 12:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-18 18:19:46 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019edb5a-5418-709c-afaf-07acfe970e63/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/68d6fb21-811f-46ef-9b12-7f296bf0920e Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/bestec.cc crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bestec.cc Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bestec.cc AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bestec.cc URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bestec.cc/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-24 10:28:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain bestec.cc, associated with a generic scam operation, has a high threat score of 85/100 and is currently down. It has been flagged as malicious by 4 out of 95 security vendors, including alphaMountain.ai and Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, and is listed on 3 public blocklists. Google Safe Browsing has not flagged this domain, indicating it may not yet be widely recognized as a threat. Registered with Gname.com Pte. Ltd., the domain was created on August 4, 2025, and first detected on June 18, 2026. The hosting IP address is 188.114.96.3. The lack of a specific brand being impersonated suggests a broader phishing strategy rather than targeting a single entity. Given the high threat score and existing detections, block the domain at the perimeter and submit it to the registrar's abuse desk for further investigation. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260618-50092F Favicon MD5: 6444fcda5c375def69c40826c8ea2a8d TLS cert SHA-256: 589314c57a89d0c3fef355b37cc475202a165ae7d664562eb1b3c42a87b3c07d ## 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/bestec.cc/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bestec.cc 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: 172,524 domains (12,833 alive under monitoring, 159,120 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io