# PhishDestroy threat dossier — circle-topping.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 13:24:55 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/circle-topping.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 83/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Netcraft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 178.32.82.176 (FR, Gravelines) ASN: ASAS16276 OVH OVH SAS, FR Hosting org: AS16276 OVH SAS Registrar: Dynadot Inc Nameservers: ns3.ddoscure.com, ns4.ddoscure.com Registered: 2026-02-07 Expires: 2027-02-07 Page title: circle-topping.com HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE2 Expires: 2026-10-02 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: c5a443b28027ee1381f41aaf9b9079e14cc40425161a2c515db0673a6c033e71 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - ftp.circle-topping.com - mail.circle-topping.com - pop.circle-topping.com - smtp.circle-topping.com - www.circle-topping.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-07 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 05:52:52 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 04:59:58 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-27 12:57:54 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa1ba-f50d-71df-9006-f313d6bb6913/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/dfa5d2c8-0e30-4bb9-a093-1a9f1f1f283c Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/circle-topping.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.circle-topping.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=circle-topping.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/circle-topping.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/circle-topping.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 05:53:21 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] circle-topping.com Generic Phishing Alert circle-topping.com is currently listed as an active generic phishing infrastructure with a high risk rating. The domain was registered on February 7, 2026 through Dynadot Inc and resolves to the IPv4 address 178.32.82.176. Authoritative name servers are ns3.ddoscure.com and ns4.ddoscure.com, which are also associated with other malicious domains observed in recent threat reports. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy filtering service. VirusTotal analysis shows that 2 of 91 security vendors have flagged the domain as malicious, indicating limited but non‑trivial detection coverage. No additional public reputation services, Safe Browsing checks, or OTX indicators were supplied in the intelligence set. The exact content hosted at the domain has not been publicly disclosed; therefore the specific brand or service being spoofed cannot be confirmed. Nonetheless, the combination of recent registration, dedicated malicious name servers, and detection by multiple independent scanners justifies a high confidence rating for phishing activity. Defenders should add 178.32.82.176 and circle-topping.com to outbound and inbound deny lists, monitor DNS queries for the domain and its name servers, and enable real‑time URL filtering that incorporates the blocklist entry. Continuous re‑evaluation is recommended as additional telemetry, such as page title or victim reports, may become available. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-8C1E9D TLS cert SHA-256: c5a443b28027ee1381f41aaf9b9079e14cc40425161a2c515db0673a6c033e71 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/circle-topping.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=circle-topping.com 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 205,451 domains (80,623 alive under monitoring, 123,797 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io