# PhishDestroy threat dossier — help.steampowereip.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-08 16:00:27 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/help.steampowereip.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- STATUS STALE — last probed 31 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified Composite threat score: 89/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: gaming Targeted brand: Steam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Webroot URLQuery: 100 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 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: evangeline.ns.cloudflare.com, thomas.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-02-21 Expires: 2027-02-11 Page title: Support :: w0stre✞ ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-14 21:49:20 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-07 03:15:21 UTC (STALE — 31 days ago, re-verify) Flagged dead: 2026-03-01 04:12:18 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 31 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed) Current status: UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 31 days stale) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019c5d7b-9da3-7650-9533-4716bec5e9c8/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/2857576c-4a6f-4e5f-bffe-45400f991046 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/help.steampowereip.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.help.steampowereip.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=help.steampowereip.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/help.steampowereip.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/help.steampowereip.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-03 15:19:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies help.steampowereip.com as a high-risk brand impersonation domain targeting Steam users. It displays a deceptive page titled 'Support :: w0stre✞' to lure victims. The domain was registered on February 21, 2026, via NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and resolves to IP 188.114.97.3. It appeared on one security blocklist and was flagged by 11 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating malicious intent. Currently, the domain is offline, reducing immediate risk. Users are advised to avoid engagement and report any suspicious communications referencing this domain to enhance security awareness. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260214-0D803F Favicon SHA-256: 9f890a9debcdfccc339149a7943be9aff9e4c9203c2fa37d5671a5b2c88503ad ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/help.steampowereip.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=help.steampowereip.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 147,303 domains (48,255 alive under monitoring, 98,778 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io