# PhishDestroy threat dossier — effectconsult.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 19:24:46 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/effectconsult.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 53/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar 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: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. 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: julissa.ns.cloudflare.com, valentin.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-24 Expires: 2027-06-24 Page title: Effect Consult HR Solutions — European Recruitment & Staffing Agency HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 772f878c3fefa3b8347d788ccb725fb8996d0538efa2a1f6184dcae563e8cf54 ## 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: 2026-06-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 13:12:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-29 20:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:03:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0dec-a88d-76dc-8707-85d9333afd53/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/effectconsult.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.effectconsult.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=effectconsult.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/effectconsult.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/effectconsult.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 13:15:55 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, effectconsult.com, is currently under investigation for credential phishing activity impersonating European recruitment and staffing agencies. Analysis of the page title, 'Effect Consult HR Solutions — European Recruitment & Staffing Agency,' indicates an attempt to mimic legitimate human resources service providers, likely to harvest corporate or job-seeker credentials. No association with known drainer kits or cryptocurrency fraud has been observed; the campaign appears focused on traditional credential theft targeting enterprise and individual users. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 24, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, an offshore registrar frequently utilized in low-detection phishing operations. The domain resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3, which has not been widely flagged in threat intelligence feeds. As of the latest assessment, the domain has received zero detections across 95 security engines on VirusTotal, indicating either a newly launched campaign or effective evasion techniques. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, providing a superficial layer of legitimacy. No listings have been identified on major blocklists, and Google Safe Browsing currently returns a clean status. The domain remains active and unblocked, posing a continued risk to users who may mistake it for a legitimate recruitment platform. Response actions are pending further behavioral analysis and endpoint telemetry. Organizations are advised to monitor for connections to 188.114.97.3 and domain registrations via NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED with creation dates around mid-2026. Users should verify recruitment communications through official channels and inspect domain registration details before submitting credentials. The risk level remains under investigation due to the absence of confirmed compromise data, though the infrastructure and impersonation tactics align with known credential phishing patterns. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 7ca005a07e3cc400a45157c1dee098b4 TLS cert SHA-256: 772f878c3fefa3b8347d788ccb725fb8996d0538efa2a1f6184dcae563e8cf54 ## 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/effectconsult.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=effectconsult.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 (13,179 alive under monitoring, 158,908 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io