# PhishDestroy threat dossier — io-us.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-03 06:40:14 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/io-us.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, LevelBlue, SOCRadar 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: clint.ns.cloudflare.com, nelly.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-17 Expires: 2027-06-17 Page title: Service Status ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-15 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8c129a85b5aae8977a21ead3d1396bda05dea624acb9dd7f8eb013a1e8c1361b ## 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: 2026-06-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-19 09:14:49 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-19 07:16:00 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-03 08:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-19 18:22:50 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019edeba-a10c-775e-9b66-73fb905137ab/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/ffcc0a9d-5567-41c0-b2e5-49a1b019009f Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/io-us.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.io-us.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=io-us.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/io-us.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/io-us.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-23 10:09:05 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-us.xyz presents itself with a "Service Status" page title, indicating it was likely configured to impersonate a legitimate service status portal. The threat posed is potential phishing or credential harvesting, as such domains are commonly used to deceive users into believing a service is down and redirect them to malicious login forms. Technical evidence shows the domain was flagged by 5 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, specifically by Fortinet and LevelBlue. It appears on 3 blocklists. The domain is registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, with an IP address of 188.114.97.3 located in the United States, hosted on AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. The domain was created on 2026-06-17 and uses SSL certificates from Google Trust Services / WE1. Nameservers are clint.ns.cloudflare.com and nelly.ns.cloudflare.com. The site is currently down or offline. GridinSoft trust rating is 0 out of 100, and the DOM risk score is 80, indicating a high risk level. This domain should be treated as malicious and blocked from any network access. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260619-E616AD Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 8c129a85b5aae8977a21ead3d1396bda05dea624acb9dd7f8eb013a1e8c1361b ## 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-us.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=io-us.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: 174,171 domains (13,630 alive under monitoring, 159,748 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io