# PhishDestroy threat dossier — dubai-stars.net ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 08:29:12 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/dubai-stars.net/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing Targeted brand: Cloudflare ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.212.42 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC Nameservers: leia.ns.cloudflare.com, paul.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-11 Expires: 2027-05-11 Page title: Attention Required! | Cloudflare HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-08-09 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8bc31deff8075b3a58a9319422239248da88d2042f2c18f32a64eab1c8bf3bc8 ## 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: 2026-05-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-06 16:37:52 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-13 08:20:41 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-11 13:00:06 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f37dc-6e88-7088-99c1-78f5a30233c5/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/dubai-stars.net crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.dubai-stars.net Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=dubai-stars.net AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/dubai-stars.net URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/dubai-stars.net/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-06 16:54:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as a credential theft operation targeting users in the United Arab Emirates under the guise of legitimate Dubai-based services. Analysis indicates the site likely harvests login credentials, payment details, or personal identification information through deceptive forms or cloned interfaces. The threat actors appear to exploit regional trust in Dubai-branded platforms, potentially affecting both corporate and individual users seeking government services, financial transactions, or tourism-related bookings. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain dubai-stars.net was registered on May 11, 2026, through NAMECHEAP INC, a registrar frequently observed in phishing campaigns. It currently resolves to IP address 104.21.61.165 and maintains an active SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, creating a false sense of legitimacy. As of the latest scan, the domain has zero detections across 95 security engines on VirusTotal, indicating either recent deployment or successful evasion of automated detection systems. No blocklist entries were identified at the time of assessment, further suggesting the operation remains undetected by mainstream security controls. Users who have visited dubai-stars.net or entered credentials on the site should immediately revoke any submitted information and reset passwords for all accounts where the same credentials may have been reused. Network administrators are advised to block the domain and its resolving IP address at the perimeter level. Affected individuals should monitor financial statements for unauthorized transactions and consider placing fraud alerts with relevant credit bureaus. Given the domain's recent creation date and lack of detections, this campaign may still be in its early stages, warranting heightened vigilance for similar domains using variations of 'dubai' or 'stars' in their naming conventions. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 5c2c9a80a493aceb56581c8f10bd29ea TLS cert SHA-256: 8bc31deff8075b3a58a9319422239248da88d2042f2c18f32a64eab1c8bf3bc8 ## 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/dubai-stars.net/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=dubai-stars.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 178,033 domains (49,760 alive under monitoring, 128,273 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io