# PhishDestroy threat dossier — captcha.zlon8.cc
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Fetched:   2026-06-24 00:40:10 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/captcha.zlon8.cc/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 80/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      178.20.210.32 (FI, Helsinki)
Hosting org:     AS210006 Shereverov Marat Ahmedovich
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:     hold1.suspendedaccount.com, hold2.suspendedaccount.com
Registered:      2026-02-12
Expires:         2027-02-12

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE1
Expires:    2026-09-07
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 79cf315eca30251ecdac4f03117b51f4480c41e0cb1d335222f7c44b730899d9
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - zlon8.cc

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-02-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-23 13:17:33 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-24 00:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-23 18:16:59 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/019ef432-49b6-729e-ba36-a3becef77e29/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/captcha.zlon8.cc
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.captcha.zlon8.cc
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=captcha.zlon8.cc
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/captcha.zlon8.cc
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/captcha.zlon8.cc/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 13:24:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED is the registrar for captcha[.]zlon8[.]cc, a generic scam site that is currently active and hosting on IP 178.20.210.32. This site was first detected by PhishDestroy on 2026-06-23 and has been found to be malicious by 6 of 91 vendors on VirusTotal. The domain was created on 2026-02-12. As the site remains live, defenders should block traffic to captcha[.]zlon8[.]cc to prevent potential phishing attacks. Defenders can update their blocklists with this domain to enhance their security posture.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      79cf315eca30251ecdac4f03117b51f4480c41e0cb1d335222f7c44b730899d9

## 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/captcha.zlon8.cc/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=captcha.zlon8.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

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