# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cogentonline.icu
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Fetched:   2026-07-24 16:49:51 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cogentonline.icu/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
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:     ["chance.ns.cloudflare.com", "martha.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Page title:      Just a moment...
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-20
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 2f43bcb7bc305e97065db2231f3abe8b9bfb9874bdc4380efb9efae6ffa4c30a

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:38:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-24 16:20:25 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-20 01:16:21 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Is cogentonline.icu a Phishing Site?

Analysis shows that cogentonline.icu is an active domain used for generic phishing. The site is hosted behind Cloudflare, resolving to IP 188.114.96.3 located in Canada and served by the nameservers chance.ns.cloudflare.com and martha.ns.cloudflare.com. TLS is provided by a Google Trust Services / WE1 certificate, indicating a valid SSL chain but not confirming legitimacy of the content. An HTTP 403 response is returned and the only visible page title is "Just a moment...", which is typical of Cloudflare challenge pages and provides no insight into the payload. VirusTotal scans have flagged the domain by 5 of 91 security vendors, and the domain is listed on at least one public blocklist and has been blocked by PhishDestroy. AlienVault OTX includes the domain in two threat‑intel pulses, reinforcing its reputation as malicious. Registration information lists NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED as the registrar. While the infrastructure appears legitimate, the combination of vendor detections, blocklist presence, and OTX references indicates a high‑risk phishing operation. Defenders should add cogentonline.icu to outbound and inbound deny lists, monitor DNS queries for the domain, and enforce web‑filter policies to block user access. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised in case the hosting or content changes, but current evidence supports immediate mitigation.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      2f43bcb7bc305e97065db2231f3abe8b9bfb9874bdc4380efb9efae6ffa4c30a

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