Is rustbeacon.net a scam?

rustbeacon.net has been flagged by 15 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears in 1 blocklist. Exercise extreme caution.

Who owns rustbeacon.net?

rustbeacon.net is registered through WEBCC. Check our full WHOIS report for detailed ownership data.

Is rustbeacon.net safe to visit?

rustbeacon.net is currently offline (taken down). It was previously flagged as a potentially dangerous website.

How do I report rustbeacon.net?

You can report rustbeacon.net to your local cybercrime authorities, Google Safe Browsing, and anti-phishing organizations. Our report page includes country-specific reporting contacts and pre-filled complaint templates.

rustbeacon[.]net

Domain Security & Threat Intelligence Report

15/95 VT Detections URLScan: Scanned Taken Down Detected Nov 07, 2025 1 Blocklist

80 Threat Score

Analyst Security Overview

AI-Generated

The domain rustbeacon.net has been identified as a phishing threat, with a considerable detection score of 15/95 from VirusTotal. This domain posed a risk by impersonating legitimate services, which could lead to unauthorized access and data breaches. Its fraudulent nature raised alarms among cybersecurity platforms, indicating a need for caution among users.

Registered with WEBCC, rustbeacon.net has a domain age of 108 days and is associated with the IP address 198.18.0.242. Notably, it has been blocklisted by two separate entities, highlighting its malicious intent. The recent activity indicates that the domain was part of an active phishing campaign, taking advantage of unsuspecting users.

Currently, the domain is marked as dead following its takedown. PhishDestroy has reported this phishing site and ensured it is no longer accessible, actively monitoring for any potential re-emergence of similar threats.

VirusTotal

15/95 VT Detections

URLScan.io

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Domain Age

109 days New

Site Status

Taken Down (HTTP 403)

DestroyList

Listed

User Reports

1 report

Threat Response Pipeline

12/13

Pre-emptive Discovery & Ingestion

30+ Proprietary Parsers · Infrastructure Analysis · Threat Ingested

3/3 ✓

30+ Proprietary Parsers

Distributed network scanning Google Ads (malvertising), SEO-manipulated results, Twitter/X, YouTube & Telegram campaigns

Infrastructure Analysis

dnstwist & typosquatting detection to catch look-alike domains targeting established brands

Threat Ingested

rustbeacon.net detected and queued for full analysis

Nov 07, 2025

Global Ecosystem Submission

50+ Vendor Submissions · VirusTotal · Blocklist Detection

3/3 ✓

50+ Vendor Submissions

Data submitted to Cloudflare, Google Safe Browsing, Microsoft, VirusTotal, Netcraft, ESET, Bitdefender, Norton, Avira, PhishTank, Dr.Web, URLScan.io, PolySwarm & more

VirusTotal

15/95 vendors flagged on VirusTotal

Feb 23, 2026

Blocklist Detection

Found in 1 blocklist: PhishDestroy

Feb 25, 2026

Legal Notifications & Reporting

ICANN Compliance Reports · DestroyList Published · Abuse Report Pending · Re-detection Logic

3/4

ICANN Compliance Reports

Formal abuse notifications aligned with ICANN standards, including forensic evidence packages (metadata, screenshots, PDF)

DestroyList Published

Added to PhishDestroy/DestroyList — open-source blocklist for wallets & extensions

Nov 07, 2025

Abuse Report Pending

Will be sent to registrar (WEBCC) & hosting

Re-detection Logic

Follow-up alerts if threat remains active beyond 24 hours — automated re-reporting cycle

Public Transparency & Takedown

Open Threat Database · Social Broadcasting · Domain Taken Down

3/3 ✓

Open Threat Database

Real-time commits to GitHub repository & live monitoring at phishdestroy.io/live

Social Broadcasting

Automated alerts on Twitter, Telegram & Mastodon channels

Domain Taken Down

Phishing site is offline — no longer serving malicious content

Public Blocklist Status

Listed in 1 public blocklist — PhishDestroy

Checked against 11 community-maintained threat databases

Website Screenshot

Malicious Content

Screenshot of rustbeacon.net captured during automated security scan

Automated capture by URLScan.io View full scan

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Domain Intelligence

Domainrustbeacon.net

RegistrarWEBCC (Malaysia)

IP Address198.18.0.242

CreatedNov 07, 2025 (109 days — New)

ExpiresNov 07, 2026

Nameserversns1.ddos-guard.net
ns2.ddos-guard.net

Abuse Contactscompliance_abuse@webnic.cc
tarrrosemond@gmail.com
support@ddos-guard.net

First DetectedNov 07, 2025

Registrar Response0h

HTTP Status403

VirusTotal Analysis

15 / 95 security vendors flagged this domain

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G-Data

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Lionic

Phishing Database

Seclookup

SOCRadar

Sophos

VIPRE

Evidence & External Reports

URLScan Report

VirusTotal

URLQuery

Wayback Machine

WHOIS Lookup Deep Analysis ThreatFox

Shodan

ScamAdviser

ChainAbuse

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Chainabuse

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SEAL-ISAC

Security Alliance — crypto threat intelligence

Domain Appeal

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