# PhishDestroy threat dossier — indiatoday.icu ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-25 15:01:34 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/indiatoday.icu/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Gname.com Pte. Ltd. Nameservers: eleanor.ns.cloudflare.com, lamar.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-12-24 Expires: 2026-12-24 Page title: India Today HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-07-20 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: a3314dcecb5d7900556bee2b10aec1f580223ba8530c67614dbe982c399b167c ## 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: 2025-12-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-18 17:36:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-18 16:02:19 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-25 16:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-18 18:19:46 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019edb5e-cecc-775d-b92a-1d0280ee9d8b/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/be0eab1e-724d-4b29-acf6-c3962ed4f92e Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/indiatoday.icu crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.indiatoday.icu Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=indiatoday.icu AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/indiatoday.icu URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/indiatoday.icu/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 15:30:48 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, indiatoday.icu, is flagged as a credential theft operation designed to impersonate a legitimate news portal. Analysis indicates no direct association with known crypto drainer kits, but the infrastructure mimics trusted media sources to harvest login credentials, payment details, or personal data from unsuspecting visitors. The domain does not exhibit overt brand-specific targeting beyond the implied affiliation with a recognized news outlet, suggesting a broad phishing campaign aimed at readers seeking news content. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on December 24, 2025, through Gname.com Pte. Ltd., and currently resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3, hosted on Cloudflare’s network (AS13335). Security vendor detections on VirusTotal stand at 4/95, while the domain appears on three distinct security blocklists. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services (WE1), a common tactic to lend false legitimacy. No Google Safe Browsing (GSB) flags are currently recorded, though this may reflect a lag in detection rather than an absence of malicious activity. As of the latest assessment, indiatoday.icu remains active and unmitigated, posing a continued risk to users. Response actions by security providers include blocking by at least three independent systems, though the domain’s Cloudflare-hosted infrastructure complicates takedown efforts. Remaining risk is classified as high due to the domain’s recent registration, low detection rate, and active credential theft operations. Users are advised to avoid interaction, verify URLs through official sources, and report the domain to relevant abuse channels for further investigation. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260618-7F7F5B Favicon MD5: 0f47e9177dbe18a5371beff21ef51be4 TLS cert SHA-256: a3314dcecb5d7900556bee2b10aec1f580223ba8530c67614dbe982c399b167c ## 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/indiatoday.icu/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=indiatoday.icu 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: 169,966 domains (16,054 alive under monitoring, 153,570 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io