# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bruegel.hostel.town
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Fetched:   2026-06-22 03:40:43 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bruegel.hostel.town/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 99/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      15/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.86.104.14 (US, New York City)
Hosting org:     AS14956 RouterHosting LLC
Registrar:       Spaceship, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["launch1.spaceship.net", "launch2.spaceship.net"]
Page title:      Hostel Bruegel Brussels - Brussels, Belgium

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     ZeroSSL GmbH / ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2
Expires:    2026-08-19
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 67a97cd1381f6984c2c459990d9fa0599869b51cd80116585cb43067ba5f6a76
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - hostel.town

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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First detected:    2026-06-12 14:17:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-12 14:17:35 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 04:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-17 00:33:22 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ebbc2-e022-73ef-87eb-d0ab68368db0/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/bruegel.hostel.town
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bruegel.hostel.town
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bruegel.hostel.town
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bruegel.hostel.town
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bruegel.hostel.town/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 11:31:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies bruegel.hostel.town as a high-risk domain due to its generic_phishing threat type. 

This domain was flagged by 16 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, has an SSL certificate issued by ZeroSSL GmbH, and resolves to IP 172.86.104.14, with its current status still active. 

To mitigate this threat, users should be cautious when interacting with emails or websites related to bruegel.hostel.town, and consider blocking the IP address 172.86.104.14, as well as verifying the authenticity of any communications claiming to be from this domain, and keeping their antivirus software up to date to detect any potential malware.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       8b82b402972f10d24edb90e234d4e23e
TLS cert SHA-256:      67a97cd1381f6984c2c459990d9fa0599869b51cd80116585cb43067ba5f6a76

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bruegel.hostel.town/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bruegel.hostel.town
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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