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This domain is flagged as an elevated-risk brand impersonation threat targeting Telegram users. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is designed to mimic the official Telegram Messenger login interface, likely to harvest user credentials or distribute malicious payloads under the guise of legitimate service authentication. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain telegram-start.online was registered through REGRU-RU on June 24, 2025, with a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100. VirusTotal detection shows 12 out of 95 security vendors flagging the domain as malicious. The domain resolves to the IPv6 address 2001:67c:4e8:f004::9 and is served by Nginx on an Ubuntu system. It appears on one security blocklist and was previously blocked by PhishDestroy. The page title, Telegram Messenger, directly matches the official branding, reinforcing its deceptive nature. Mitigation steps for this threat type include immediate blocking of the domain and its associated IP address at the network perimeter. Security teams should deploy indicators of compromise (IOCs) such as the domain name, IPv6 address, and registrar details into monitoring systems to detect potential lateral movement or credential theft attempts. User awareness training should emphasize verifying domain authenticity, particularly for login pages, and reporting suspicious URLs to security operations. Given the domain's current offline status, organizations should remain vigilant for similar impersonation attempts using newly registered domains or variations of the Telegram brand.
The page served one response to a browser-like visitor and another to a crawler or security scanner. Cloaking exists only to keep reviewers away from the real landing page.
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Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of telegram-start.online · checked Jun 27, 2026
14 recorded events. These records describe collected evidence, outgoing notifications and publication; they do not confirm a complete investigation or a takedown.
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Reported by 1 community member, first seen Aug 29, 2025
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