ethiccert.com is a Google impersonation page detected by PhishDestroy on 2026-10-10. Risk: critical (88/100). Registrar: Nics Telekomunikasyon …. Status: Last known active. Hosting: alastyr Alastyr Telekomunikasyon A.S., TR. PhishDestroy sent 1 abuse report. VirusTotal: 6/92 engines flag it. Do not enter credentials or connect a wallet.
Security engines reporting a detection: 6. Exercise extreme caution — do not enter credentials or personal information.
ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@nicproxy.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 11 days has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations.
This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
ethiccert.com presents itself as "Ethic Cert – Sertifika Belgelendirme", a Turkish-language certification and documentation service. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page. Its likely audience is companies and staff in Turkey who are looking for audit or certification services. We first flagged it on 2026-10-11, and it was still online and serving content when checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages like this copy the name and look of a legitimate service so that visitors trust them with things they would only give the real provider. For a certification brand, that usually means company details, contact information, scanned documents or account logins, and sometimes an upfront fee for an assessment or certificate that never arrives. The Turkish page title presents the site as a certification office, not a crypto or wallet brand, and the PhishDestroy classification rests on impersonation, not on any wallet-draining code.
Evidence
VirusTotal returned 6 malicious verdicts out of 92 engines on 2026-10-12, from ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Chong Lua Dao, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet and Gridinsoft. That is a minority of engines, but it includes several established web-filtering vendors, so many corporate filters may already block the domain. The domain also appears in 34 AlienVault OTX threat-intelligence pulses, which points to sustained attention from other researchers. Among blocklists, it is currently listed only by PhishDestroy.
Infrastructure
The domain is not a fresh throwaway. It was registered on 2018-05-21 through the Turkish registrar Nics Telekomunikasyon A.S., more than eight years before we detected it. A long-lived domain carries more trust with filters and visitors than a newly registered one. The site is hosted in Turkey on the Alastyr Telekomunikasyon A.S. network, which matches the Turkish-language branding and suggests a locally targeted operation.
What to do
If you sent money for a certificate or assessment through this site, contact your bank or payment provider right away to dispute the charge. Then confirm the supplier through an official accreditation registry, not through details shown on the page. If you entered a password, change it everywhere you reuse it and turn on two-factor authentication. Warn colleagues who may have received the same contact, and treat any follow-up emails or invoices referencing Ethic Cert with suspicion. Security teams should block the domain at the proxy and DNS layers, search mail and web logs for prior visits, and report the site to the registrar and hosting provider.
No. PhishDestroy classifies ethiccert.com as a Google impersonation page (risk: critical, 88/100); it was first detected on 2026-10-10. VirusTotal: 6/92 engines flag it. Treat the site as unsafe.
Is ethiccert.com safe to connect a wallet?
No. Do not connect a wallet, sign messages or approve tokens on ethiccert.com. Phishing sites ask for approvals (approve, setApprovalForAll, Permit2) that let the operator move your assets, and a confirmed transaction cannot be reversed.
What should I do if I used ethiccert.com?
Change every password you entered there and turn on two-factor authentication. If you connected a wallet or signed something, revoke the approvals and move the remaining funds to a new wallet; never share your seed phrase. Step-by-step help: emergency guide.
RegistrationCreated May 21, 2018 —Expires May 21, 2027
HTTP Status200
Technical detailsProvenance & timestamps
First DetectedOct 11, 2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed Oct 11, 2026score 88/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttp://ethiccert.com/
Favicon Hash
Case ID
Observed page title
Ethic Cert – Sertifika Belgelendirme
Automated brand references
Google
TLS Certificate
Issued by Let's Encrypt / YR2· stored validity ends in 68 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
5.2.85.131
Network ASN
AS3188
Organization
Alastyr Telekomunikasyon A.S.
Observed location
İzmir, TR
Server header
LiteSpeed
Nameservers 4
ns1.alastyr.com
ns2.alastyr.com
ns3.alastyr.com
ns4.alastyr.com
Mail routing 2 MX records
mx1.alastyr.compriority 0
mx2.alastyr.compriority 10
Location describes the IP network.
TLS certificate
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR2
Valid from
2026-09-30 20:33:49
Valid until
2026-12-29 20:33:48
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-10-11 01:02:10 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint8992a7c7047d3c9864b1257c0b33130246a6c51411fad3dd32f815d19456e495Certificate names · 4 SANs
ethiccert.com.kontrolbilgi.com.tr
mail.ethiccert.com
www.ethiccert.com
www.ethiccert.com.kontrolbilgi.com.tr
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationLive contentOrdinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-22 10:28:13 UTC
RDAP registrationUnknown
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-22 10:28:13 UTClast content: 2026-10-22 10:28:13 UTC
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Recorded subdomains2
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
mail.ethiccert.comDomain record
www.ethiccert.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
Technologies · 10 identified
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WordPress
CMSBlogs
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.
Query Migrate is a javascript library that allows you to preserve the compatibility of your jQuery code developed for versions of jQuery older than 1.9.
jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.
Stored relationships are grouped by the exact matching attribute. A shared provider or registrar alone does not prove common ownership.
Infrastructure map · ethiccert.com
Each lane is one reason a domain is linked to this host. Node size marks VirusTotal detections and dashed nodes are already offline. The full lists follow below.
Same automated brand label: Google8
Reports with the same collector label. A shared label does not establish impersonation or common ownership. View matching reports →
6 evidence signal groups linked1 stored notification recordsLast known active
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.
If credentials, payment data, or files were exposed, report the incident immediately. Change affected passwords, revoke active sessions, and scan the device.
Beware of recovery scammers! Recovery scammers may pose as investigators, lawyers, or tracing services. Do not pay upfront fees or disclose credentials.Learn more about recovery fraud →
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After a phishing incident
Recommendations & Advice for Victims
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
What should I do immediately?
Urgent
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Change all passwords — email, exchange accounts, anything that shares the same password
Enable 2FA using an authenticator app (not SMS). Disable SMS-based recovery
Freeze cards if you entered banking details on the phishing site
What information should I collect for my report?
FBI guidelines
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
Exact dates & times — of each transaction and first contact with scammer
Screenshots — scam website, chat messages, emails, wallet transactions, social media
All URLs & domains used by the scammer (including ethiccert.com)
Communications — emails, texts, phone numbers, usernames the scammer used
Even if you don't have all details — file a report anyway. Partial information still helps investigations.
Where should I report the scam?
FBI IC3 — Internet Crime Complaint Center (US federal reporting)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Local police — creates an official record, even if they can't act immediately
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
Fake websites — pixel-perfect clones of legitimate sites with slightly altered domains
Pig butchering — trust built over weeks via Telegram/WhatsApp/dating apps, then money stolen
Recovery scams — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI-powered scams — deepfakes, automated phishing, and AI-generated sites making fraud harder to detect
How can I protect myself in the future?
Bookmark official sites — never click links from emails, DMs, or ads
Verify domains — check on PhishDestroy before interacting. Check HTTPS, spelling, domain age
"Too good to be true" = scam — guaranteed returns, celebrity endorsements, urgent deadlines
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
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