# PhishDestroy threat dossier — merit.king-gunceladres.icu ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 22:11:15 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/merit.king-gunceladres.icu/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_divergence) (score: 2/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 7/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, PhishFort, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (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: alla.ns.cloudflare.com, sullivan.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-21 Expires: 2027-06-21 Page title: merit.king-gunceladres.icu HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-20 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: feac1b5083c2109f993e8cf1d3246063ad9b5e8c22e982f86da4a9ed28c8865f Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - king-gunceladres.icu ## 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: 2026-06-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-22 15:37:44 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-29 20:20:35 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019eef8c-ab57-769c-a33d-92e55b96ac6b/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/merit.king-gunceladres.icu crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.merit.king-gunceladres.icu Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=merit.king-gunceladres.icu AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/merit.king-gunceladres.icu URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/merit.king-gunceladres.icu/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-22 22:58:59 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain merit.king-gunceladres.icu is identified as a phishing threat, with 3 out of 91 vendors on VirusTotal marking it as malicious. This domain employs cloaking techniques, scoring 2 out of 10, which means it serves benign content to scanners while potentially delivering harmful payloads to unsuspecting users. It is hosted on an IP address in the United States, under Cloudflare's infrastructure, and registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. PhishDestroy flagged this domain on June 22, 2026, just a day after its creation. The rapid detection highlights the efficiency of PhishDestroy's threat intelligence pipeline, which identifies threats in the critical early stages before they propagate through antivirus databases. The domain's SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, which might lend it unwarranted legitimacy in the eyes of potential victims. Despite its recent creation, merit.king-gunceladres.icu appears on one public blocklist, specifically PhishDestroy's. The combination of a low cloaking score and multiple VirusTotal detections suggests this domain could be part of a sophisticated phishing campaign. As it remains active, vigilance is crucial to mitigate potential risks associated with this domain. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 49da39937e4ea7ca08ba1320c8155ef7 TLS cert SHA-256: feac1b5083c2109f993e8cf1d3246063ad9b5e8c22e982f86da4a9ed28c8865f ## 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/merit.king-gunceladres.icu/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=merit.king-gunceladres.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: 172,677 domains (13,179 alive under monitoring, 158,908 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io