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thesocialnexus[.]co[.]za

“PDF Viewer”

Threat verdict Critical 88/100 evidence score
Availability Unverified Current reachability is unverified
Risk signals
VirusTotal detections: 10/91
Jul 23, 2026
Evidence Summary
CRITICAL
Ref
B63F26B4
Score
88/100

The domain thesocialnexus.co.za is currently classified as a generic phishing site and remains active as of the report date, July 23, 2026. Infrastructure analysis shows the domain resolves to the IPv4 address 192.185.25.212, which is hosted by Cherry On Top Hosting Solution. Registration data indicates the domain was created on July 24, 2025 and was registered through the same Cherry On Top Hosting Solution provider.

Both authoritative name servers, ns1.cherryontophosting.com and ns2.cherryontophosting.com, are under the same hosting umbrella, suggesting a single‑provider deployment. VirusTotal has recorded detections from two of ninety‑five scanning engines, confirming that at least a minority of security vendors have identified malicious characteristics associated with the domain. The domain is listed on one external security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy service, reinforcing its malicious reputation.

No public information is available regarding SSL/TLS configuration, HTTP response codes, page title, or any observed brand impersonation, leaving those aspects of the threat surface unverified. Defenders should consider adding the domain and its resolving IP address to network‑level deny lists, monitoring for any outbound connections to the host, and ensuring that email filters reference the blocklist entries that already flag the domain. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as additional detection engines may flag the domain over time and further intelligence could emerge regarding the content served at the URL.

VirusTotal
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10 det.
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TLS Certificate
Let's Encrypt
Age
1.1 yr
Observed status
Unverified
PhishDestroy
DestroyList
Listed
Data coverage VirusTotal 10 / 91 URLQuery not checked PhishStats not checked OTX no community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture stored report URLScan verdict verdict unavailable DNS blocks not checked TLS valid certificate, 33d WHOIS 13 mo old Screenshot 2 captures · 2 sources Redirect chain not probed

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery
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Availability
8/10

Public Blocklist Status

Stored Capture

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Domain Intelligence

Domain
Server / ASN Apache · AS31898 ORACLE-BMC-31898 - Oracle Corporation, US
IP Reputation abuse score 0/100 0 reports checked Jul 23, 2026
Registrar Cherry On Top Hosting … NL(NL)
ICANN RegistryOfficial ICANN accredited-registrars →
WHOIS LookupICANN RDAP for thesocialnexus.co.za →
IP Address 192.185.25.212 US
GeoUS Ashburn, US
NetworkAS31898 · Oracle Corporation
Reverse IPviewdns.info → rapiddns.io →
RegistrationCreated Jul 24, 2025 — Expires Jul 24, 2026
Elapsed Since First Report 2h
What we count Raw elapsed time since the first stored abuse report. It is not a registrar response-time measurement. Latest observed status: Unverified.
What each report contains Stored outgoing-report records may reference evidence available at the time, such as vendor verdicts, registration data, hosting details, classifications, or screenshots. This page does not infer the exact payload delivered, receipt, acknowledgement, or action by a recipient.
Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps
First DetectedJul 23, 2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed Jul 28, 2026score 88/100
IoC Extractionscanned Jul 29, 20260 wallet · 0 Telegram IoCs
Submitted URLhttp://thesocialnexus.co.za/redire/Adobe_Installer.html
Nameserversns1.cherryontophosting.comns2.cherryontophosting.com
MX Records0 mail.thesocialnexus.co.za
TLS Fingerprint
TLS Observationvalid from May 27, 2026scanned Jul 23, 2026
Page Title
PDF Viewer
TLS Certificate
Valid transport encryption · Issued by Let's Encrypt · valid for 33 days
Technologies · 1 identified
Apache HTTP Server
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VirusTotal Analysis

10 / 91 security vendors flagged this domain
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Last analyzed Previous stored snapshot: 2 detections
alphaMountain.ai
Cluster25
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
G-Data
Gridinsoft
SOCRadar
Sophos
URLQuery
Webroot
desenmascara.me
Site Performance Analysis

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of thesocialnexus.co.za · checked Jul 23, 2026

99
Good
Performance
FCP
1.38s
First Contentful Paint
LCP
1.38s
Largest Contentful Paint
CLS
0
Cumulative Layout Shift
TBT
0ms
Total Blocking Time
SI
2.74s
Speed Index
Powered by Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile strategy · Scores: 90-100 Good 50-89 Needs Work 0-49 Poor

Evidence & External Reports

Security Analysis
URLScan Stored capture VirusTotal 10 det. ChainPatrol URLQuery Open lookup Gridinsoft SSL Labs Stored TLS valid CF Radar Open report WOT ScamAdviser Blacklist Checker URLVoid Sucuri SiteCheck MDN Observatory
OSINT & Intelligence
Web-Check Full scan SOCRadar Dark web report LeakIX Leak search Shodan Censys ThreatFox Hudson Rock Sign-in search IntelX crt.sh Certs WHOIS Wayback
DNS & Network
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SEO & Domain
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