# PhishDestroy threat dossier — protect.captcha-verified.cyou
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Fetched:   2026-06-24 11:13:22 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/protect.captcha-verified.cyou/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 91/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: social_media
Targeted brand: discord (and: twitter)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Trustwave, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.195.162 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Web Commerce Communications Ltd
Nameservers:     ["ns100.webnic.cc", "ns101.webnic.cc"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Captcha.bot - Verification done right

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:23:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:23:54 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-24 12:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-28 23:46:37 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/0198b3c5-5238-73eb-9301-66b4c4e63d62/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/protect.captcha-verified.cyou
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.protect.captcha-verified.cyou
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=protect.captcha-verified.cyou
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/protect.captcha-verified.cyou
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/protect.captcha-verified.cyou/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 17:55:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has identified protect.captcha-verified.cyou as a brand impersonation domain specifically targeting Discord users. This domain is currently offline, but its recent activity posed a significant risk to individuals attempting to verify their accounts through a fraudulent Captcha.bot interface. The domain was designed to deceive users into believing they were interacting with a legitimate Discord verification service, thereby exposing them to potential credential theft.

Technical analysis reveals that protect.captcha-verified.cyou resolved to IP address 172.67.195.162 and was flagged by 3 out of 95 antivirus engines on VirusTotal. The domain was registered on February 21, 2026, through Web Commerce Communications Ltd, and its SSL certificate was issued by WE1. It appeared on one security blocklist, and its trust indicators were critically low. These data points underscore the domain's malicious intent and poor reputation.

Given its offline status, the immediate threat is mitigated, but users should remain vigilant. PhishDestroy recommends that anyone who may have interacted with this domain change their Discord credentials immediately and enable two-factor authentication. Additionally, be cautious of any unexpected verification requests that ask for personal information, and always verify the legitimacy of URLs before entering sensitive data.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       4123ce1e1732f202f60292941ff1487d

## 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/protect.captcha-verified.cyou/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=protect.captcha-verified.cyou
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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