# PhishDestroy threat dossier — howatu.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 00:06:52 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/howatu.com/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims
Composite threat score: 76/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_divergence) (score: 1/6)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      10/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, Sophos
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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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:     ["lou.ns.cloudflare.com", "naomi.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-04-07
HTTP response:   530

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: REPORTS FILED AND IGNORED — NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED did not act on these notifications. Domain still online.
Reports filed:   1 independent abuse notifications
First report:    2026-04-09 10:59:19 UTC
Days since first notice: 13 — no registrar action, domain remains online
Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report
via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds,
OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent.
Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting
chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a
cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies.
Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/howatu.com/#coordinated-suppression

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-04-07 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-07 15:30:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-04-09 07:59:19 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-21 12:22:08 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-17 13:24:41 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019d7140-6a74-757f-b4f7-7f895ce8cffc/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/howatu.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.howatu.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=howatu.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/howatu.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/howatu.com/

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-1775721556-howatu.com
Favicon MD5:       936386e361020ac6bcebbcc772491fbb

## 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/howatu.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=howatu.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

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