# PhishDestroy threat dossier — gengamb.cc
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Fetched:   2026-06-23 03:40:11 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/gengamb.cc/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 98/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
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:     bella.ns.cloudflare.com, osmar.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-03
Expires:         2027-04-03
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE1
Expires:    2026-08-30
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 0f34a0185a576a9cbd51fb372cea2345cbba7600731cd6d018829cd0f263cdd0

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-04-03 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-19 01:16:24 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-23 04:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-20 00:16:17 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019edd04-2193-733d-af18-b8e9bd920810/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/gengamb.cc
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.gengamb.cc
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=gengamb.cc
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/gengamb.cc
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/gengamb.cc/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-22 23:27:44 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

gengamb.cc, a phishing domain, is now offline but was previously flagged by 14 out of 91 VirusTotal vendors as malicious. The domain was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and hosted on an IP managed by Cloudflare, Inc. in the United States. It was first detected by PhishDestroy in June 2026, indicating its active use in phishing activities prior to being taken down.

The domain's SSL certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt, a common choice for phishing operations due to its free and automated nature. This domain was primarily used for phishing, exploiting users by imitating legitimate services or brands to harvest sensitive information. Despite its takedown, the domain's initial activity highlights the persistent threat such domains pose, especially when they are newly registered and not yet widely detected.

Phishing domains like gengamb.cc often exploit the time gap between their registration and the propagation of detection data across antivirus databases. PhishDestroy's early detection capabilities help identify these threats during this critical window, even when they are not yet flagged by many security vendors. The domain's presence on a public blocklist and its high platform risk score of 73/100 underscore its malicious intent and the importance of proactive threat detection.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       095b185e288ed8e4d934ac78fe6a4e2e
TLS cert SHA-256:      0f34a0185a576a9cbd51fb372cea2345cbba7600731cd6d018829cd0f263cdd0

## 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/gengamb.cc/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=gengamb.cc
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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