# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cc-hubinstitute.online
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Fetched:   2026-04-28 11:25:07 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cc-hubinstitute.online/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 77/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.12.93.82 (US, Buffalo)
ASN:             ASAS36352 AS-COLOCROSSING, US
Hosting org:     AS36352 HostPapa
Registrar:       NameCheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["ns1.cyburgcloud.com", "ns2.cyburgcloud.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Login - CC-HUBINSTITUTE

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R13
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:20:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-22 13:15:54 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-15 18:06:03 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/019a0f3b-efbf-71ed-b26a-2c4576da3823/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/cc-hubinstitute.online
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cc-hubinstitute.online
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cc-hubinstitute.online
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cc-hubinstitute.online
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cc-hubinstitute.online/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:38:08 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies cc-hubinstitute.online as a generic phishing domain targeting users with a login page titled "Login - CC-HUBINSTITUTE." The domain is classified as low risk but should be treated with caution.

Technical indicators reveal the domain was registered through NameCheap, Inc. on February 21, 2026. It resolves to IP 198.12.93.82 and appears on one security blocklist. VirusTotal flags it in 1 out of 95 security vendor scans, and Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0/100.

Currently, cc-hubinstitute.online is offline, indicating it has been taken down or suspended. Users are advised to avoid interacting with this domain to prevent potential credential theft or phishing attacks.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 1/93 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## 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/cc-hubinstitute.online/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cc-hubinstitute.online
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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