# PhishDestroy threat dossier — empoweraccount-auth.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-01 10:54:59 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/empoweraccount-auth.com/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Generic Phishing
Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_divergence) (score: 1/6)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, PhishFort, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      35.157.26.135 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, 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:     dns1.p02.nsone.net, dns2.p02.nsone.net, dns3.p02.nsone.net, dns4.p02.nsone.net
Registered:      2026-06-08
Expires:         2027-06-08
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE1
Expires:    2026-09-06
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 493403845bd662b60e5c93c917072567db8beb78309074a31bbe3db4caef1256

## 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: 2026-06-08 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-10 23:18:37 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-10 23:18:37 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-01 12:20:36 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019eb365-fabe-71de-b9eb-e95c71d17c3e/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/empoweraccount-auth.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.empoweraccount-auth.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=empoweraccount-auth.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/empoweraccount-auth.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/empoweraccount-auth.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 11:59:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Risk Level: Elevated. This domain, empoweraccount-auth.com, was flagged as a credential phishing threat. It impersonates authentication pages to steal login credentials. The domain is now taken down, but similar threats may arise.

Technical Indicators: VirusTotal reports 5 out of 95 security vendors flagging this domain. It resolves to IP 35.157.26.135 and was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt (serial YE1). No creation date or blocklist data was provided, but the elevated risk and confirmed phishing status warrant caution.

Mitigation Steps: Users who encountered this domain should avoid entering any credentials. If credentials were entered, change passwords immediately and enable two-factor authentication on affected accounts. Monitor accounts for unauthorized access. Report any similar domains to PhishDestroy for analysis.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      493403845bd662b60e5c93c917072567db8beb78309074a31bbe3db4caef1256

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/empoweraccount-auth.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=empoweraccount-auth.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

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