# PhishDestroy threat dossier — heritagegulfcoastunion.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-04 19:18:26 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/heritagegulfcoastunion.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, Fortinet URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island) ASN: AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE Hosting org: MIT Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC Nameservers: dns1.lytehosting.com, dns2.lytehosting.com, dns3.lytehosting.com, dns4.lytehosting.com, ns1.cprapid.com, ns2.cprapid.com Registered: 2024-09-25 Expires: 2026-09-25 Page title: Personal Banking | Heritage Gulf Coast Credit Union ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-02 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6734d7fbb087a059eca3a73970c9f759283f6038c1601edd05b69c06d37f1728 ## 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: 2024-09-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-01 03:50:21 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-01 02:01:41 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-04 20:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-01 12:02:52 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f1b5d-8ee0-7550-a6f8-01d6dcc8b18a/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/c4f85d90-5445-4ff1-a1e4-be0e380af500 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/heritagegulfcoastunion.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.heritagegulfcoastunion.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=heritagegulfcoastunion.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/heritagegulfcoastunion.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/heritagegulfcoastunion.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-01 05:05:54 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Heritagegulfcoastunion.com is an active credential theft phishing domain that impersonates Heritage Gulf Coast Credit Union. The site presents a fake Personal Banking login page designed to steal usernames, passwords, and potentially financial account credentials from visitors. The domain is registered through Namecheap Inc, a known provider for low-effort phishing registrations, and is actively hosted on IP 163.61.188.7 using LiteSpeed web server, JivoChat live chat, and HTTP/3 protocol. The presence of JivoChat suggests the phishers may attempt real-time interaction with victims to increase credibility. The domain uses a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which provides a false sense of security to users. Infrastructure analysis reveals strong indicators of malicious intent. The domain was created on September 25, 2024, making it only a few months old at the time of analysis. VirusTotal detection shows 2 out of 95 security vendors flagging the domain as malicious, indicating it is still relatively new to threat intelligence feeds. AlienVault OTX includes it in 2 threat intelligence pulses, and it appears on 1 security blocklist. The domain is blocked by PhishDestroy, confirming its classification as a phishing threat. The combination of a recently registered domain, impersonation of a legitimate financial institution, and real-time chat functionality elevates the risk to high. Credential theft from this site could lead to account takeover, fraudulent transactions, and identity theft. Users who have visited heritagegulfcoastunion.com and entered any personal information should immediately change their passwords for the real Heritage Gulf Coast Credit Union and any other accounts using the same credentials. They should enable multi-factor authentication on all financial accounts and monitor statements for unauthorized activity. It is advisable to run a full antivirus scan on the device used to access the phishing site and report the incident to the legitimate credit union's fraud department. Users should avoid interacting with any live chat features on the site and should not revisit the domain. The domain remains active and should be treated as a confirmed threat until it is taken down by the registrar or hosting provider. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260701-F834C8 Favicon MD5: 59361d334f2cd0b4063c99c05525730c TLS cert SHA-256: 6734d7fbb087a059eca3a73970c9f759283f6038c1601edd05b69c06d37f1728 ## 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/heritagegulfcoastunion.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=heritagegulfcoastunion.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: 174,669 domains (12,658 alive under monitoring, 161,167 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io