# PhishDestroy threat dossier — euronews-help.biz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-04 17:14:08 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/euronews-help.biz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Investment Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Lionic, Sophos, Webroot, Yandex Safebrowsing Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.147.231 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Nameservers: adel.ns.cloudflare.com, bruce.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-24 Page title: FinProConsult - Финансовая и юридическая помощь по всей Европе ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b9b73aa04b1388e5e6d9edc192ac4bbfdea3dd72d8b7752428949b68e4d751c8 ## 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: 2026-07-03 08:29:47 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-04 16:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-04 00:01:44 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f26aa-87eb-705b-8caa-76a2281a1519/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/euronews-help.biz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.euronews-help.biz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=euronews-help.biz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/euronews-help.biz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/euronews-help.biz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-03 08:36:31 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, euronews-help.biz, operates as an investment scam site specifically targeting Russian-speaking users through fraudulent financial advisory content. The page title, 'Opiniojom — Как распознать и избежать инвестиционных мошенников: советы,' translates to guidance on avoiding investment fraud, a tactic designed to establish credibility before soliciting personal or financial information. Analysis indicates the site likely engages in credential theft, luring victims into disclosing login details, payment information, or other sensitive data under the guise of financial education or investment opportunities. The content is tailored to exploit trust in financial advisory services, increasing the risk of substantial monetary loss or identity compromise for visitors who engage with the site. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple indicators of malicious activity. The domain was registered on June 24, 2024, through Spaceship, Inc., a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to the IP address 172.67.147.231, which is hosted behind Cloudflare, a common obfuscation technique used to conceal the true origin of malicious infrastructure. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, providing a false sense of security to visitors. Detection metrics further confirm its malicious nature, with 11 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagging the domain as harmful. Technologies detected include PHP and HTTP/3, suggesting a dynamic backend capable of processing stolen data in real time. Users who have visited euronews-help.biz or interacted with its content should take immediate action to mitigate potential harm. First, cease all engagement with the site and avoid clicking any links or downloading files. If credentials or payment details were entered, affected accounts should be secured by changing passwords and enabling multi-factor authentication where available. Financial institutions should be notified to monitor for unauthorized transactions. Additionally, system scans using updated security tools are recommended to detect any malware or backdoors that may have been installed. Given the domain's active status and high-risk classification, vigilance is advised when encountering similar financial advisory content online, particularly those targeting non-English-speaking audiences. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: d012988133d7b5aa5fe59d8652f9143c TLS cert SHA-256: b9b73aa04b1388e5e6d9edc192ac4bbfdea3dd72d8b7752428949b68e4d751c8 ## 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/euronews-help.biz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=euronews-help.biz 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: 174,666 domains (12,655 alive under monitoring, 161,167 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io