# PhishDestroy threat dossier — minelab.ltd ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 03:37:19 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/minelab.ltd/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 198.54.126.17 (US, Chicago) ASN: AS22612 Namecheap, Inc. Hosting org: Namecheap, Inc. Registrar: NameCheap, Inc. Nameservers: dns1.namecheaphosting.com, dns2.namecheaphosting.com Registered: 2022-09-16 Expires: 2026-09-16 Page title: One moment, please... HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Sectigo Limited / Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36 Expires: 2026-10-07 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: ff106682f40c138faee0cdc872329be63a383ad04ba9170a0b92d8ca70397288 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.minelab.ltd ## 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: 2022-09-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 06:52:06 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 08:01:26 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 04:24:12 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa1f5-f3d9-7059-afd2-44ddfa77ec67/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/90fb6f03-a5fe-4581-996d-cf30f3e8144a Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/minelab.ltd crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.minelab.ltd Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=minelab.ltd AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/minelab.ltd URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/minelab.ltd/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 06:54:41 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] minelab.ltd Safety Check — Phishing Campaign Detected Analysis of the domain minelab.ltd indicates that it is currently active and associated with a generic phishing campaign. The domain was created on September 16, 2022 and is registered through NameCheap, Inc., using the authoritative name servers dns1.namecheaphosting.com and dns2.namecheaphosting.com. Network resolution points to the IPv4 address 198.54.126.17, which remains the sole host observed for this domain. Threat intelligence shows that the domain has been blocked by the PhishDestroy service and appears on one external security blocklist, suggesting that at least one reputable anti‑phishing feed has flagged the infrastructure. VirusTotal records reveal that the domain has been scanned by 91 security vendors, and no current detections have been reported; this absence of flags does not constitute a confirmation of benign behavior. The limited public footprint—absence of additional blocklist entries, lack of SSL/TLS certificate details, and no publicly disclosed page title—means that many operational characteristics of the phishing site remain unknown. Defenders should therefore treat minelab.ltd as a high‑confidence malicious indicator. Recommended actions include adding the domain and its resolving IP address to local deny lists, monitoring outbound connections for attempts to reach 198.54.126.17, and correlating any authentication attempts against internal credentials with this indicator. Continuous re‑scanning with multi‑vendor services is advised to capture any future changes in detection status. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-8741E0 Favicon MD5: 367c7b3b0ec2981d14aec82f4a9e5235 TLS cert SHA-256: ff106682f40c138faee0cdc872329be63a383ad04ba9170a0b92d8ca70397288 ## 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/minelab.ltd/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=minelab.ltd 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: 191,744 domains (82,881 alive under monitoring, 107,603 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io