# PhishDestroy threat dossier — event-ripple.io ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-05 08:17:19 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/event-ripple.io/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 65/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 9/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Sophos Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: 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: ["val.ns.cloudflare.com", "jermaine.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-06-17 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-07-29 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: ff9868b5e438ed5b08e4bba64c4b1f721cdf2c7acdac801b294b0a2f65418afa ## 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: 2026-06-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-17 08:30:23 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-05 08:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-19 18:21:41 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 15:15:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, event-ripple.io, operated as a credential harvesting platform designed to mimic legitimate event notification services. Analysis indicates the infrastructure was used to collect login credentials, payment details, and personal information through deceptive event registration forms and fake login portals. The site employed social engineering tactics, including urgency-based messaging about limited-time offers or exclusive event access, to prompt victims into submitting sensitive data. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple high-confidence indicators of malicious activity. The domain was created on June 17, 2026, and resolved to IP address 188.114.96.3, hosted with a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate (serial E7). Security vendors detected the threat with 9/95 engines on VirusTotal flagging the domain as malicious. The domain appeared on two security blocklists and was actively blocked by multiple threat intelligence feeds prior to being taken offline. Users who visited event-ripple.io or submitted information should immediately reset credentials for any accounts accessed during the interaction. Enable multi-factor authentication on all critical accounts, particularly financial and email services. Monitor accounts for unauthorized transactions or suspicious login attempts. Organizations should update security policies to block domains created within the last 30 days that exhibit similar infrastructure patterns, such as Let's Encrypt certificates with short validity periods and hosting on shared cloud IP ranges. Network administrators should review logs for connections to 188.114.96.3 and implement DNS-based blocking for newly registered domains resolving to this IP. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: ff9868b5e438ed5b08e4bba64c4b1f721cdf2c7acdac801b294b0a2f65418afa ## 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/event-ripple.io/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=event-ripple.io 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: 174,869 domains (12,705 alive under monitoring, 161,290 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io