# PhishDestroy threat dossier — receita-gov.cc ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-14 14:34:23 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/receita-gov.cc/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_divergence) (score: 3/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.232.24.161 (US, Chicago) ASN: ASAS63949 AKAMAI-LINODE-AP - Akamai Connected Cloud, SG Hosting org: AS63949 Akamai Connected Cloud Registrar: NameSilo, LLC !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!! NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com) for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence. Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket — NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed Nameservers: ns1.dnsowl.com, ns2.dnsowl.com, ns3.dnsowl.com Registered: 2026-07-02 Expires: 2027-07-02 Page title: Redirecting... HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE2 Expires: 2026-09-30 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2dbafb255c90fba52aa93fed42aedb71ef7e4579163a240febc32fca3cc681cd ## 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: 2026-07-02 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-05 13:34:43 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-14 16:20:45 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-09 04:03:05 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f320e-7a9e-703c-b487-adfebbf3e68d/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/receita-gov.cc crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.receita-gov.cc Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=receita-gov.cc AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/receita-gov.cc URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/receita-gov.cc/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-05 13:45:33 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, receita-gov.cc, is flagged as an active phishing site impersonating Brazil's Receita Federal (Federal Revenue Service). Analysis indicates it employs generic phishing tactics targeting taxpayers through fake login portals, likely harvesting credentials for financial fraud or identity theft. No specific crypto drainer kit signatures were identified, but the infrastructure aligns with credential-harvesting campaigns commonly deployed against government services. Technical indicators confirm elevated risk levels. The domain is detected by 3 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, suggesting partial but not universal coverage. It was registered through NameSilo, LLC, on July 02, 2026, with an anomalous future creation date that may indicate typosquatting or preemptive registration. The domain resolves to IP address 172.232.24.161, hosted on an Nginx server running OpenResty, a configuration often abused for phishing redirection chains. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt, providing a false sense of legitimacy. Google Safe Browsing (GSB) status remains unconfirmed, and no additional blocklist entries were identified beyond the VirusTotal detections. Current status shows the domain remains active, with a page title of 'Redirecting...' suggesting either a staging phase or an intermediate step in a multi-stage attack. Immediate response actions should include DNS blackholing of 172.232.24.161, certificate revocation where possible, and registrar notification for takedown. Organizations should block the domain at the proxy/firewall level and monitor for credential reuse attempts. Despite partial vendor detection, the remaining risk is elevated due to the domain's plausible impersonation of a critical government service and the use of legitimate-seeming infrastructure components. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 47cd79fa2df1f5ec0cefec2baa548577 TLS cert SHA-256: 2dbafb255c90fba52aa93fed42aedb71ef7e4579163a240febc32fca3cc681cd ## 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/receita-gov.cc/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=receita-gov.cc 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: 178,567 domains (50,206 alive under monitoring, 128,361 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io