# PhishDestroy threat dossier — nexuslabs.email
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 18:57:58 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/nexuslabs.email/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 51/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/94 security vendors flagged this domain
URLQuery:        2 detections

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      89.117.22.242 (US, Seattle)
ASN:             AS40021 Contabo Inc.
Hosting org:     Lrtc Inetnum Rent
Registrar:       NameCheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     dns1.registrar-servers.com, dns2.registrar-servers.com
Registered:      2026-03-17
Expires:         2027-03-17
Page title:      Lab Mail — Arcane Communication Platform

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-07-13
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: fd613c38985951ace2eb89e29bab6ba1ea10ace56077a5ed20e690bb60b076f7

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-03-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-14 16:32:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-04-14 13:34:52 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-21 16:11:24 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-15 12:08:41 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019d8c2f-ab70-7567-b30c-77dc49d46c5b/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/f40d86cd-a89c-4170-b16e-d2441c533e42
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/nexuslabs.email
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.nexuslabs.email
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=nexuslabs.email
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/nexuslabs.email
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/nexuslabs.email/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-14 16:35:18 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy is actively investigating nexuslabs.email, which is suspected of credential theft. The domain presents a potential risk, possibly impersonating a legitimate service to harvest user credentials. Analysis suggests the site may be designed to mimic a login portal or other sensitive data entry point. The page title, "Lab Mail — Arcane Communication Platform", hints at a possible target.  

Technical indicators for nexuslabs.email include a VirusTotal score of 0/95, indicating it is currently not widely flagged as malicious. The domain is registered through NameCheap, Inc. and resolves to IP address 89.117.22.242. The domain was created on March 17, 2026 and uses a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. No current blocklist or GSB status is available at this time.  

At the time of this advisory, nexuslabs.email remains active. Immediate response actions include continuous monitoring of the domain's activity and further investigation into the content hosted on the site. Users are advised to avoid interacting with this domain and to report any suspicious activity. The risk level is under investigation, pending further analysis to determine the full extent of the threat.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 3/94 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260414-A68161
TLS cert SHA-256:      fd613c38985951ace2eb89e29bab6ba1ea10ace56077a5ed20e690bb60b076f7

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/nexuslabs.email/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=nexuslabs.email
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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