# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ligthninglabs.engineering ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-25 03:48:34 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ligthninglabs.engineering/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- STATUS STALE — last probed 25 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified Composite threat score: 71/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: Bitcoin ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar URLQuery: 3 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 216.150.1.1 (US, Walnut) ASN: ASAS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AS16509 Amazon.com, 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: ["jessica.ns.cloudflare.com", "chuck.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: Lightning Labs Wallet - Fast, Secure Bitcoin Payments ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R12 Expires: 2026-05-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 3ed5dc771847dda55392a1713fac556bddf40922b7eea120d21b04aa4a4eb5a3 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-20 16:34:31 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-03-31 01:27:55 UTC (STALE — 25 days ago, re-verify) Flagged dead: 2026-03-15 18:07:26 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 25 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed) Current status: UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 25 days stale) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019c7bd8-8f90-725d-ae29-704b8a08d0a2/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/c7b42e26-88ed-4f9c-9bad-6bf06cab09cb Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ligthninglabs.engineering crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ligthninglabs.engineering Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ligthninglabs.engineering AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ligthninglabs.engineering URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ligthninglabs.engineering/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 05:22:28 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies ligthninglabs.engineering as a medium-risk phishing domain impersonating a bitcoin wallet service. Even though it is currently offline, this domain posed a threat to users by attempting to steal sensitive information. This phishing site mimicked a legitimate bitcoin payment platform to lure users into submitting private data. It resolved to the IP 216.150.1.1 and appeared on a security blocklist, with some antivirus vendors flagging it as suspicious. If you have visited ligthninglabs.engineering, do not provide any credentials or personal info. Run a security scan on your devices, change any related passwords, and monitor your accounts for unusual activity to stay safe. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260220-44BCCC TLS cert SHA-256: 3ed5dc771847dda55392a1713fac556bddf40922b7eea120d21b04aa4a4eb5a3 ## 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/ligthninglabs.engineering/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ligthninglabs.engineering 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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io