# PhishDestroy threat dossier — brave-browser.ru
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Fetched:   2026-07-19 03:25:37 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brave-browser.ru/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Kaspersky, PhishFort, Sophos
URLQuery:        2 detections
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      151.243.113.10 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
Hosting org:     AS207043 DEDIK SERVICES LIMITED
Registrar:       TIMEWEB-RU
Nameservers:     ns1.timeweb.ru, ns2.timeweb.ru, ns3.timeweb.org, ns4.timeweb.org
Registered:      2026-06-20
Expires:         2027-06-20
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE1
Expires:    2026-10-07
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 18b5facc5e810bbc0b8c32579eb43493f94ac4f4e8f21440ab38ad7de1d36464
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.brave-browser.ru

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-06-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-18 19:15:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-18 17:18:11 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-19 04:20:25 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f7638-5765-73f6-b0f1-93b2e9c2974a/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/49588b46-ce05-449e-80ed-a24619c24b79
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/brave-browser.ru
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.brave-browser.ru
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=brave-browser.ru
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/brave-browser.ru
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/brave-browser.ru/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-18 19:20:27 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

brave-browser.ru: Confirmed Phishing Site

brave-browser.ru was registered on 20 June 2026 through the TIMEWEB-RU registrar and is currently hosted on the IP address 151.243.113.10. The domain resolves via four TimeWeb name servers (ns1.timeweb.ru, ns2.timeweb.ru, ns3.timeweb.org, ns4.timeweb.org) and remains active as of 18 July 2026. VirusTotal analysis shows that 7 of 91 security vendors have flagged the domain as malicious, aligning with its classification as a generic phishing site. No additional content analysis is available, so the exact payload or credential‑harvesting mechanisms have not been observed. The limited detection coverage suggests that the site may be newly deployed or employing evasion techniques, but the presence of multiple vendor detections indicates a non‑trivial threat. Defenders should add the domain and its associated IP address to blocklists, monitor DNS queries for outbound resolution, and consider sinkholing the IP to disrupt traffic. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as further intelligence may reveal additional indicators such as payload URLs or compromised user accounts.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260718-E0B8F8
TLS cert SHA-256:      18b5facc5e810bbc0b8c32579eb43493f94ac4f4e8f21440ab38ad7de1d36464

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brave-browser.ru/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=brave-browser.ru
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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