# PhishDestroy threat dossier — challengerm.pro ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-27 22:48:29 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/challengerm.pro/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation (Gaming scam) Targeted brand: celer (and: counter-strike, csgo, discord, dota 2, dota2) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 19/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Certego, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Phishing Database, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Trustwave, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 100 detections AlienVault OTX: 17 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 178.236.252.105 (NL, Amsterdam) ASN: ASAS215826 Partner-Hosting-LTD Partner Hosting LTD, GB Hosting org: AS205775 NEON CORE NETWORK LLC Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: dns1.regway.com, dns2.regway.com, dns3.regway.com, dns4.regway.com Registered: 2026-02-21 Expires: 2027-01-14 Page title: Global | eSports and Gaming Community ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-01-22 11:11:24 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-06-28 00:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-08 05:38:44 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019be4c1-a3d7-71a9-abe3-0e224877342b/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/challengerm.pro crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.challengerm.pro Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=challengerm.pro AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/challengerm.pro URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/challengerm.pro/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-23 11:35:56 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The site challengerm.pro presented itself with the title "Global | eSports and Gaming Community" and was designed as an impersonation scam. It specifically targeted the brand Celer, posing as a gaming-related platform to deceive users, likely to steal credentials or distribute malware under the guise of a legitimate gaming community. Technical analysis reveals the domain was created on 2026-02-21 and registered with PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. It resolved to IP address 178.236.252.105 in the Netherlands, hosted on AS205775 NEON CORE NETWORK LLC. VirusTotal flagged 19 out of 95 security vendors as malicious, with detections from alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Certego, Cluster25, and CRDF. The site had no SSL certificate, indicating no encryption, and used nameservers dns1.regway.com, dns2.regway.com, dns3.regway.com, and dns4.regway.com. The site is currently offline and inactive. Its DOM risk score is 10, and GridinSoft trust rating is 0 out of 100, with 2 blocklists listing it. The risk level is assessed as high due to the impersonation of a known brand, multiple security vendor detections, and lack of encryption, though the threat is mitigated by the site being down. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 8955a47b1beb1891d03330aae1cf52ee ## 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/challengerm.pro/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=challengerm.pro 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: 170,940 domains (12,724 alive under monitoring, 157,804 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io