# PhishDestroy threat dossier — nitecost.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-28 11:03:07 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/nitecost.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 85/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, LevelBlue
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      158.94.211.169 (US, New York)
ASN:             AS202412 Omegatech LTD
Hosting org:     Omegatech LTD
Registrar:       MAT BAO CORPORATION
Nameservers:     a.dnspod.com, b.dnspod.com, c.dnspod.com
Registered:      2026-04-07
Expires:         2027-04-07

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE1
Expires:    2026-10-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: f14b439dee6339888508aaa2aad34d4dbd5eb519c63ab0b85c5a4f6058bf04ab

## 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: 2026-04-07 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-15 04:01:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-15 02:05:45 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-28 12:20:40 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-15 15:16:06 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/019f6381-5590-732e-98a5-1717a76d3d06/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/79a00a0f-23c4-46dd-8d68-12aa39ce88bb
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/nitecost.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.nitecost.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=nitecost.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/nitecost.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/nitecost.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-15 04:20:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

nitecost.com — Generic Phishing Investigation Report

Analysis of nitecost.com shows it was registered on 2026-04-07 through MAT BAO CORPORATION and uses DNSPod name servers a.dnspod.com, b.dnspod.com, c.dnspod.com. The domain resolves to 158.94.211.169 and remains active as of the 2026-07-15 assessment. VirusTotal reports that 2 of 91 scanned security vendors have flagged the host, indicating limited but existing detection. The classification as generic_phishing aligns with observed infrastructure patterns, although no payload or landing page content has been publicly disclosed. Attribution of the hosting environment, geographic location, or operational purpose beyond the phishing label cannot be confirmed from the available data. Defenders should block outbound connections to 158.94.211.169, add nitecost.com to URL filtering and email security deny lists, and monitor DNS queries for the associated DNSPod name servers. Continuous re‑scanning of the domain on multi‑engine services is advised to capture any changes in detection status. Incident response teams should treat any credentials or session tokens submitted to this domain as compromised and enforce credential rotation.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260715-77E528
TLS cert SHA-256:      f14b439dee6339888508aaa2aad34d4dbd5eb519c63ab0b85c5a4f6058bf04ab

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/nitecost.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=nitecost.com
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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