# PhishDestroy threat dossier — io-uk.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-05 04:00:23 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/io-uk.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) 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: david.ns.cloudflare.com, elinore.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-20 Expires: 2027-06-20 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-09-20 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 5e753f6689f251bc61a0edc5391a04ccb82f9c8ad1212ba5b92f46e70902b643 ## 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: 2026-06-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-23 13:33:47 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-23 11:35:51 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-05 04:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-23 18:16:59 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ef440-aa15-750d-8873-cda6fe539ee8/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/866ece20-5b2d-4970-a389-38f89495344f Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/io-uk.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.io-uk.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=io-uk.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/io-uk.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/io-uk.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-24 18:10:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain io-uk.xyz has been confirmed as a generic phishing operation and currently has a high threat score of 85/100. The site is down, indicating it has likely been taken down due to its malicious activities. VirusTotal reports that 2 out of 95 security vendors, including Gridinsoft and SOCRadar, have flagged this domain as malicious, and it is listed on 3 public blocklists. Google Safe Browsing has not flagged it. Registered with NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, the domain was created on June 20, 2026, and first seen on June 23, 2026. The hosting IP is 188.114.97.3. Given the high threat level and confirmed phishing nature, block the domain at the perimeter and submit it to the registrar abuse desk. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260623-9B436F Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 5e753f6689f251bc61a0edc5391a04ccb82f9c8ad1212ba5b92f46e70902b643 ## 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/io-uk.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=io-uk.xyz 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: 174,802 domains (12,648 alive under monitoring, 161,284 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io