# PhishDestroy threat dossier — dota2buff.net
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Fetched:   2026-07-16 11:28:01 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/dota2buff.net/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (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:     indie.ns.cloudflare.com, rodrigo.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-07-10
Expires:         2027-07-10
Page title:      DOTABUFF.com - Official Website :: Dota 2 Statistics and Analytics
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-10-08
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 22c238fc43d9694160bee9dbcfa3eefaa3b29ad8d72722cc705ee463b4ba4a47

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-07-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-14 21:51:57 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-16 12:20:39 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f622e-d0ed-7292-b52b-077bc927a1cd/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/dota2buff.net
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.dota2buff.net
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=dota2buff.net
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/dota2buff.net
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/dota2buff.net/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-14 22:20:29 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Analysis of the domain dota2buff.net shows that it was registered on July 10 2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and is currently active. The authoritative name servers are indie.ns.cloudflare.com and rodrigo.ns.cloudflare.com, pointing to the Cloudflare infrastructure. DNS resolution returns the IPv4 address 188.114.97.3. An HTTP request to the root of the site returns a 200 OK status and the page title "DOTABUFF.com - Official Website :: Dota 2 Statistics and Analytics", which suggests an attempt to imitate the legitimate Dota 2 statistics service. VirusTotal has flagged the domain in 2 out of 91 scanned security engines, indicating a low but present detection rate. The classification assigned is generic_phishing, and the risk level is high. The evidence confirms that the domain is being used for phishing activity, though the exact payload or credential‑capture mechanism has not been observed. Defenders should block network connections to 188.114.97.3 and add dota2buff.net to URL filtering and email security policies. Continuous monitoring of DNS queries and TLS certificates for this domain is advised, and any observed malicious traffic should be reported to the appropriate incident response team.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       a86126ad4ae4dda72e2794e1c87c2749
TLS cert SHA-256:      22c238fc43d9694160bee9dbcfa3eefaa3b29ad8d72722cc705ee463b4ba4a47

## 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/dota2buff.net/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=dota2buff.net
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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