# PhishDestroy threat dossier — gal.quests-connect.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-16 01:04:58 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/gal.quests-connect.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.218.76 (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: doug.ns.cloudflare.com, tia.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-28 Expires: 2027-06-28 Page title: Loading HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-26 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2fb2a750ff932ef1643507694a3825389eccf9f692aac60395d5ecdbebb78024 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - quests-connect.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-28 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-10 10:51:20 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-16 00:20:45 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f4b38-8320-70cd-82f1-d503e1d5b21c/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/gal.quests-connect.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.gal.quests-connect.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=gal.quests-connect.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/gal.quests-connect.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/gal.quests-connect.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-13 00:16:12 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Analysis of the domain gal.quests-connect.com indicates active credential phishing infrastructure as of July 12, 2026. The domain was registered on June 28, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to IP address 172.67.218.76, hosted on AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.), a network commonly used to mask origin servers in phishing campaigns. The domain is configured with Cloudflare nameservers (doug.ns.cloudflare.com and tia.ns.cloudflare.com) and employs SSL encryption via Google Trust Services (WE1 certificate), a pattern observed in both legitimate and malicious sites to evade basic security checks. Detection data reveals the domain is flagged by at least two security blocklists, including PhishDestroy and ScamSniffer, with a classification of 'generic_phishing.' As of the latest scan, 3 out of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal identify the domain as malicious. The HTTP response code is a 301 redirect, suggesting the domain may serve as an intermediate hop rather than the final phishing page. The page title 'Loading' further supports this hypothesis, as it is consistent with domains designed to delay or obscure malicious content delivery. Gridinsoft assigns the domain a trust score of 0/100, reinforcing its high-risk status. Technical indicators include the use of PHP, Cloudflare Browser Insights, and HTTP/3, which are not inherently malicious but are frequently leveraged in phishing operations to enhance obfuscation and performance. The exact target of the phishing campaign remains unconfirmed, as no specific brand or service is named in available metadata. However, the 'credential phishing' classification suggests the site is designed to harvest login credentials, likely through a spoofed login portal. Defenders should treat this domain as active and high-risk. Network-level blocking of the IP 172.67.218.76 and domain gal.quests-connect. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 3/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 0c23393a2962fa25800b09e18dd6b102 TLS cert SHA-256: 2fb2a750ff932ef1643507694a3825389eccf9f692aac60395d5ecdbebb78024 ## 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/gal.quests-connect.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=gal.quests-connect.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 179,239 domains (50,762 alive under monitoring, 128,477 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io