# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cugweb.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-31 17:46:39 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cugweb.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Scam Targeted brand: Ethereum (and: ton) Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: status_split) (score: 1/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Cool River Names, LLC Nameservers: ["ns1.afternic.com", "ns2.afternic.com", "verification-d3jclucsp89ganyqbydeny.ns101.verify.hn"] Registered: 2026-03-23 Expires: 2027-03-23 Page title: Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | YukiTale HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: WE1 Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-03-23 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-26 23:24:02 UTC — PREDATES WHOIS; likely from a prior registration of the same name (dropped-domain re-registration) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-26 23:24:02 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-07-31 16:21:07 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners 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/019821af-18ad-7548-9128-85af7cbd87ea/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/cugweb.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cugweb.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cugweb.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cugweb.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cugweb.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-12 18:27:43 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] cugweb.com: Ethereum Brand Impersonation Site The domain cugweb.com was observed on 12 July 2026 delivering a high‑risk brand‑impersonation campaign targeting the Ethereum cryptocurrency brand. The site presents a page titled “Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | YukiTale” and mimics legitimate exchange interfaces to lure victims into submitting private keys or payment information. Infrastructure analysis shows the domain was registered on 23 March 2026 through Cool River Names, LLC. DNS resolution points to the IP address 188.114.96.3, which belongs to AS13335 operated by Cloudflare, Inc., located in the United States. The site serves HTTPS with a certificate identified as WE1, indicating a self‑signed or low‑trust certificate. HTTP requests return a 200 status code, confirming active web service. Reputation metrics reinforce the malicious nature of the host. Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, while Scamadviser rates the domain at 1 out of 100. VirusTotal records a single positive detection out of 95 scanned security vendors, and the domain appears on one public blocklist, currently enforced by PhishDestroy. The combination of a fresh registration, low trust scores, and a brand‑impersonation page aligns with known cryptocurrency fraud patterns. Defenders should immediately block outbound connections to 188.114.96.3 and add cugweb.com to internal deny lists. Continuous monitoring of DNS queries for the domain is advised, as the underlying Cloudflare infrastructure may be leveraged for rapid re‑hosting. Users should be warned not to enter any Ethereum‑related credentials on the site, and security awareness messages should reference the specific page title to aid identification. Incident response teams should collect full HTTP traffic and certificate details for further forensic correlation. ## 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/cugweb.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cugweb.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: 196,417 domains (84,137 alive under monitoring, 27,268 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io