# PhishDestroy threat dossier — dota-buff.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-30 07:30:28 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/dota-buff.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 60/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 9/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, LevelBlue, Lionic, Sophos AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 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: miki.ns.cloudflare.com, tosana.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-08 Expires: 2027-04-08 Page title: DOTABUFF.com - Официальный Сайт по Dota 2 Статистики HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-09-04 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 3adec5bfad94c7cec571a087c8fb00a5a40cacfe6fb0965ddb1154e153b1b27c ## 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: 2026-04-08 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-27 20:13:45 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-30 08:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-28 00:01:28 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0a48-bdd5-70c1-8c27-9cdb034e8388/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/dota-buff.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.dota-buff.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=dota-buff.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/dota-buff.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/dota-buff.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-27 20:14:26 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, dota-buff.com, is a phishing site that impersonates the legitimate Dota 2 statistics platform DOTABUFF. The threat type is credential phishing: the site presents a fake login or account-verification interface designed to capture usernames, passwords, and potentially Steam credentials. The page title contains a Russian-language phrase claiming to be the official Dota 2 statistics site, although the domain itself is not affiliated with the real service. The site remains active and accessible, posing a risk to gamers who may be tricked into entering sensitive information. Infrastructure analysis shows the domain was created on April 08, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar sometimes associated with low-reputation or bulk-registered domains. The domain resolves to IP address 188.114.96.3, and uses an SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, which provides encryption but does not validate the site's legitimacy. VirusTotal reports 0 out of 95 security vendors detecting the domain as malicious, indicating that threat intelligence feeds have not yet flagged it. However, the mismatch between the domain name (dota-buff.com) and the legitimate site (DOTABUFF.com) is a clear red flag, along with the recent registration date and atypical registrar. If a user has visited dota-buff.com and entered any credentials, they should immediately change those passwords on the legitimate platforms, especially if the same credentials are reused elsewhere. Enable two-factor authentication on all accounts, particularly Steam and email. Monitor accounts for unauthorized access, and consider running a security scan on any device used to visit the site. Report the domain to relevant cybersecurity authorities or hosting providers to aid in takedown efforts. Avoid revisiting the site, and verify URLs carefully before entering personal data. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: d714b9c2229b4d3567867cc9ea9d258e TLS cert SHA-256: 3adec5bfad94c7cec571a087c8fb00a5a40cacfe6fb0965ddb1154e153b1b27c ## 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/dota-buff.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=dota-buff.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 172,677 domains (13,093 alive under monitoring, 158,994 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io