# PhishDestroy domain threat record: haltcore.shop

Content language: English
Canonical HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/haltcore.shop/
Machine-readable companion: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/haltcore.shop/llm.txt

## Summary

PhishDestroy stores a threat-intelligence record for this domain.
This document reports the latest stored fields; it is not a real-time guarantee of availability or safety.

## Stored observations

- Listed by PhishDestroy: yes
- Availability at last stored check: observed active
- First observed by PhishDestroy: 2026-10-28 02:13:21 UTC
- Last availability or vendor check: 2026-10-28 12:13:38 UTC
- Stored record updated: 2026-10-28 12:13:38 UTC
- VirusTotal detections in the stored snapshot: 13/92
- Independent public blocklist matches in the stored snapshot: 0
- Google Safe Browsing stored result: no stored flag

## Stored classification

- Targeted brand: wordpress

## Stored infrastructure

- Observed IP address: 170.64.201.0
- Registrar in stored WHOIS data: GNAME.COM PTE. LTD.
- Last stored HTTP status: 200
- Registration date in stored WHOIS data: 2026-04-08 13:21:56 UTC

## Evidence links

- URLScan report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a18057-50ea-77be-bce7-c7b783e7ea41/
- VirusTotal domain view: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/haltcore.shop
- Certificate Transparency search: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.haltcore.shop
- Web Archive lookup: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://haltcore.shop/

## Corrections

- Appeal or correct this record: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/
- Methodology and help: https://phishdestroy.io/faq

## Stored PhishDestroy analysis

Overview
PhishDestroy added haltcore.shop to its internal blocklist on 2026-10-28 after first being seen on the same day. The recorded page title is "Blue Gem Research | Freely available equity research reports and related notes on listed JSE companies." The HTTP request on 2026-10-28 returned a 200 status code with no cross-site redirects.

How the scam works
The detections do not confirm a specific fraud technique, but domains flagged by multiple engines are often used for phishing, credential harvesting, or malware delivery. In general, such sites may mimic legitimate research or financial services to lure visitors into providing personal data or downloading malicious files. No concrete evidence of a particular payload or data-collection form was observed on this page.

Evidence
VirusTotal scanned the domain on 2026-10-22 (retrieved 2026-10-28) and reported 13 detections across 92 engines, with 9 classified as malicious and 4 as suspicious. Google Safe Browsing checked on 2026-10-28 and did not flag the site. Two urlscan.io captures show differing outcomes: the 2026-10-13 scan was marked clean, while the 2026-10-28 scan received a high malicious score (84) from its ML engine but an overall non-malicious verdict. Cloudflare Radar (2026-10-28) labeled the domain malicious under the malware category. OTX listed five pulses referencing the domain as of 2026-10-28. PhishDestroy’s internal list marks the domain as blocked, while external blocklists reported zero matches.

Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-04-08 through GNAME.COM PTE. LTD., giving it an age of about 201 days at the time of analysis. The recorded IP on 2026-10-28 was 170.64.201.0, hosted by DigitalOcean, LLC in Sydney, Australia. The site runs WordPress with typical plugins (ShareThis, MailChimp) and uses a Let's Encrypt certificate issued on 2026-10-12, valid until 2027-01-10. Nameservers were ns1.mysecurecloudhost.com, ns2.mysecurecloudhost.com, ns3.mysecurecloudhost.com, and ns4.mysecurecloudhost.com.

What to do
If you visited haltcore.shop and entered any credentials, change those passwords immediately and enable two-factor authentication where possible. Do not download or execute any files from the site, and run a reputable anti-malware scan on your device. Defenders should block the domain at the network perimeter and treat any traffic to this address as potentially hostile.

Useful links
urlscan.io scan and screenshot: https://urlscan.io/result/01a18057-50ea-77be-bce7-c7b783e7ea41/
Cloudflare Radar report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/bb805dc9-9675-4d74-b737-a31848c042c2
URLQuery report: https://urlquery.net/report/ad42a3a7-3d6e-4ddc-818a-8011a6302c10
Stored capture screenshot: https://urlscan.io/screenshots/01a18057-50ea-77be-bce7-c7b783e7ea41.png
Cloudflare Radar screenshot (2026-10-28T02:20:45Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/bb805dc9-9675-4d74-b737-a31848c042c2.png
URLQuery screenshot: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/uq/ad42a3a7-3d6e-4ddc-818a-8011a6302c10.png
URLScan screenshot (2026-04-16T12:45:28Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/019d9653-0af9-7779-a40b-cc53eb07ff8f.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/019d9653-0af9-7779-a40b-cc53eb07ff8f/
URLScan screenshot (2026-10-12T13:15:30Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a13040-e965-71ad-b3dc-a4932e9029a7.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a13040-e965-71ad-b3dc-a4932e9029a7/
URLScan screenshot (2026-10-12T13:18:25Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a13043-9243-765e-9a32-53e26c40bf07.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a13043-9243-765e-9a32-53e26c40bf07/
URLScan screenshot (2026-10-13T12:50:53Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a13550-bef0-725f-8ca1-01d015db2051.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a13550-bef0-725f-8ca1-01d015db2051/
VirusTotal report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/haltcore.shop
Google Safe Browsing status: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=haltcore.shop
Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20261028021614/https://haltcore.shop/
Report phishing to Google: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Site owner? Request a review: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/
Analysis generated: 2026-10-28 03:28:39 UTC

## Stored page captures

- Primary capture: https://urlscan.io/screenshots/01a18057-50ea-77be-bce7-c7b783e7ea41.png
  Captured: 2026-10-28 02:31:29 UTC
- URLScan capture 1: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/01a13550-bef0-725f-8ca1-01d015db2051.png
  Captured: 2026-10-28 02:13:21 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a18057-50ea-77be-bce7-c7b783e7ea41/
- URLScan · 2026-04-16: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/019d9653-0af9-7779-a40b-cc53eb07ff8f.png
  Captured: 2026-04-16 12:45:28 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/019d9653-0af9-7779-a40b-cc53eb07ff8f/
  SHA-256: 411fa57693d51a79d08eb1a7f63e3dc2de707390f766e9ae2f929175e76abcc5
- URLScan · 2026-10-12: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a13040-e965-71ad-b3dc-a4932e9029a7.png
  Captured: 2026-10-12 13:15:30 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a13040-e965-71ad-b3dc-a4932e9029a7/
  SHA-256: df3ce695eeda95f111b61246eece94247a44e1cee863fd5d0198a9abfe6c9599
- URLScan · 2026-10-12: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a13043-9243-765e-9a32-53e26c40bf07.png
  Captured: 2026-10-12 13:18:25 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a13043-9243-765e-9a32-53e26c40bf07/
  SHA-256: df3ce695eeda95f111b61246eece94247a44e1cee863fd5d0198a9abfe6c9599
- Cloudflare Radar: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/bb805dc9-9675-4d74-b737-a31848c042c2.png
  Captured: 2026-10-28 02:20:45 UTC
  Source report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/bb805dc9-9675-4d74-b737-a31848c042c2
  SHA-256: a5db7ab655d3900bfb2bf44f8483ca7ce06fc6f795376f14b777be50f1f0af62
- URLQuery: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/uq/ad42a3a7-3d6e-4ddc-818a-8011a6302c10.png
  Source report: https://urlquery.net/report/ad42a3a7-3d6e-4ddc-818a-8011a6302c10
  SHA-256: 581eabfe086102c5eb804a43b1909a48d96286e779551571f673db070c6160f6
- URLScan · 2026-10-13: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a13550-bef0-725f-8ca1-01d015db2051.png
  Captured: 2026-10-13 12:50:53 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a13550-bef0-725f-8ca1-01d015db2051/
  SHA-256: df3ce695eeda95f111b61246eece94247a44e1cee863fd5d0198a9abfe6c9599

## Collected source observations

Provider observations retain their own timestamps. Capture links do not establish image content. Shared infrastructure does not identify an operator.
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}
```