# PhishDestroy threat dossier — io-sgct.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-01 17:14:53 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/io-sgct.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: MetaMask ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: Whois Corp. Nameservers: bart.ns.cloudflare.com, coco.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-02 Page title: 심테크연구소 / IO-SGCT — SimTech Global Institute HTTP response: 429 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-01 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 63259f9cb909d2ae439008d3371b80af9ddc014e88d068eec9cee1d6500ca4f5 ## 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: 2026-05-02 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-04 12:10:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-04 09:14:44 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-01 16:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-12 00:01:13 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019df23f-6e72-777b-a537-f1170327bda8/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/6b97d291-1787-473d-ac5a-5eeb56f6b2eb Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/io-sgct.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.io-sgct.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=io-sgct.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/io-sgct.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/io-sgct.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 06:07:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, io-sgct.com, is confirmed as a brand impersonation phishing site targeting MetaMask, a widely used cryptocurrency wallet service. Analysis indicates the site was designed to deceive users into divulging sensitive credentials or private keys by masquerading as an official MetaMask portal. The page title, '심테크연구소 / IO-SGCT — SimTech Global Institute,' suggests an attempt to lend legitimacy through fabricated institutional branding, a common tactic in cryptocurrency-related phishing schemes. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple high-risk indicators. The domain was flagged by 3 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, with a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100. It was registered on May 02, 2026, through Whois Corp. and resolved to the IP address 188.114.96.3. The domain appears on three security blocklists and was proactively blocked by MetaMask, PhishDestroy, and SEAL. Detected technologies include Cloudflare, Cloudflare Browser Insights, and HTTP/3, which may have been used to obfuscate malicious activity or enhance site performance to evade detection. As of the latest assessment, io-sgct.com has been taken offline, likely due to enforcement actions or hosting provider intervention. However, the domain's infrastructure and registration details remain a concern, particularly given the future creation date, which may indicate an attempt to evade temporal-based detection mechanisms. Users who interacted with this domain should assume credential compromise and take immediate steps to secure their accounts, including revoking access to any connected applications and monitoring for unauthorized transactions. Organizations are advised to maintain updated blocklists and monitor for similar domains leveraging the same registrar or hosting infrastructure. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 3/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260504-666A8A Favicon MD5: 11e815fcc46522874043fec1a1423f31 TLS cert SHA-256: 63259f9cb909d2ae439008d3371b80af9ddc014e88d068eec9cee1d6500ca4f5 ## 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/io-sgct.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=io-sgct.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: 173,561 domains (13,369 alive under monitoring, 159,491 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io