# PhishDestroy threat dossier — nova-updates.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-22 21:14:35 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/nova-updates.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.130.153 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: aurora.ns.cloudflare.com, martin.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-09 Expires: 2027-04-09 Page title: Nova Network - The Nova UX ecosystem ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-09-13 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: ffae8ca935ff1292cb610bee521e6ce66b4ffc04fa89e4c1ee9c3ed7ce930e2e ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-09 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-16 08:47:52 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-17 16:36:28 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-22 20:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-17 00:32:52 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ecf2e-e02e-72d1-814e-8025a2693a03/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/nova-updates.live crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.nova-updates.live Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=nova-updates.live AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/nova-updates.live URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/nova-updates.live/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-18 16:36:13 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies nova-updates.live as a credential phishing domain that impersonates the Nova Network brand, specifically targeting users' login credentials. This domain was flagged for its malicious intent, with no specific drainer kit detected, but rather a fake login page designed to capture sensitive information. The technical indicators for nova-updates.live reveal a VT score of 1/95, indicating a low detection rate among security vendors, and it was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, resolving to the IP address 172.67.130.153, which was created on April 09, 2026, and currently appears on 3 security blocklists, with an SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt / YE1, and found in 2 AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulses. The current status of nova-updates.live is offline, which reduces the immediate risk, but users are still advised to exercise caution and verify the legitimacy of any website before entering their credentials, as the domain's history and indicators suggest a potential for future malicious activity, and PhishDestroy recommends continued monitoring and safe browsing practices to mitigate any remaining risk. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260617-5FF0DC TLS cert SHA-256: ffae8ca935ff1292cb610bee521e6ce66b4ffc04fa89e4c1ee9c3ed7ce930e2e ## 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/nova-updates.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=nova-updates.live 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: 167,890 domains (12,452 alive under monitoring, 155,120 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io