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ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence

The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at . The recorded recipient is abuse@namecheap.com. The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 14 days has elapsed since the first outgoing report.

ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations. This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.

Elapsed since first report
14 days
Reports sent
1
Latest case ID
PD-20260810-FC4FD9
Current status
Observed active at latest stored check
Domain security and threat intelligence

upgrade-battle[.]com

“Upgrade Battle: the best inventory upgrader for CS2”

Threat verdict Critical 73/100 evidence score
Availability Unverified Current reachability is unverified
VirusTotal detections: 4/91 Brand impersonation: Apple
OTX: 4 refs Aug 10, 2026 Apple 1 Report Sent CDN
Evidence Summary
CRITICAL
Ref
473176C5
Score
73/100

PhishDestroy first observed upgrade-battle.com on Aug 10, 2026. Stored content metadata identifies Apple as the apparent target. The captured page title is “Upgrade Battle: the best inventory upgrader for CS2”. Page analysis recorded additional brand references to Cs2, Steam, and Wise. Stored page analysis classifies the content as impersonation. Current evidence score: 73/100 (critical).

One source contains a positive finding: VirusTotal. VirusTotal recorded 4 detections among 91 engines: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar on Aug 21, 2026 at 06:22 UTC. Non-positive and contextual checks: AlienVault OTX listed 4 community pulse references (not vendor detections) on Aug 21, 2026 at 06:23 UTC. The separate external-blocklist snapshot contained no matches on Aug 24, 2026 at 22:20 UTC. URLQuery recorded no positive detection on Aug 10, 2026 at 06:09 UTC. Google Safe Browsing returned no flag on Aug 21, 2026 at 06:22 UTC. URLScan completed without a malicious verdict (score 0) on Aug 10, 2026 at 11:08 UTC.

The collector marked the hostname reachable on Aug 24, 2026 at 22:16 UTC, but did not retain the HTTP response code. Registration records for the domain list NAMECHEAP INC as the registrar and Mar 30, 2026 as the creation date. At collection time, the hostname resolved to 45.199.188.12 on AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.). The IP and ASN identify shared Cloudflare edge infrastructure; the origin server is not established by this address. DOM analysis on Aug 10, 2026 at 06:22 UTC returned 73/100. The evidence archive retains 3 visual captures from PhishDestroy, URLScan, and URLQuery. IoC extraction on Aug 11, 2026 at 04:00 UTC retained 0 format-validated wallet addresses and 1 Telegram indicator. TLS metadata lists Let's Encrypt as the certificate issuer with validity through Sep 30, 2026; checked Aug 10, 2026 at 07:02 UTC.

Stored content provides classification context, but only one source contains a positive finding.

VirusTotal
VirusTotal
4 det.
OTX references
URLScan
URLScan
TLS Certificate
Let's Encrypt
Age
5 mo
Observed status
Unverified
PhishDestroy
DestroyList
Listed
Reports Sent
1
Data coverage VirusTotal 4 / 91 URLQuery checked — no detections recorded PhishStats not checked OTX 4 community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture stored report URLScan verdict Analysis completed DNS blocks not checked TLS valid certificate, 40d WHOIS 5 mo old Screenshot 3 captures · 3 sources Redirect chain not probed

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery
Checks
Reports
Availability
15/16
Sent Report Recorded
Stored sent-report record for registrar NAMECHEAP INC, hosting provider, 1 abuse contact
abuse@namecheap.com
Aug 10, 2026

Public Blocklist Status

Stored Capture

Page Title
Upgrade Battle: the best inventory upgrader for CS2
Impersonates
Apple Cs2 Steam Wise
TLS Certificate
Valid transport encryption · Issued by Let's Encrypt · valid for 40 days

Domain Intelligence

Domain
URLScan Verdict Analysis completed score 0 report ↗
Telegram IoCs 1 extracted https://t.me/upgrade_battle
Server / ASN cloudflare · AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
IP Context Cloudflare shared edge origin IP hidden Edge-IP reputation is not attributed to this domain.
Registrar Namecheap IS(IS)
IP Address 45.199.188.12 CDN
GeoTW Neihu District, TW
NetworkAS13335 · Cloud Innovation Ltd
The origin IP is hidden behind a CDN proxy. Reverse-IP results for the edge address contain unrelated tenants; finding the origin requires passive DNS or certificate-transparency data.
RegistrationCreated Mar 30, 2026 (147d) Expires Mar 30, 2027
Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps
First DetectedAug 10, 2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed Aug 10, 2026score 73/1004 brand signals
IoC Extractionscanned Aug 11, 20260 wallet · 1 Telegram IoC
Submitted URLhttps://upgrade-battle.com/en
Nameserversbayan.ns.cloudflare.comnia.ns.cloudflare.com
MX Records1 smtp.google.com
TLS Fingerprint
TLS Observationvalid from Jul 2, 2026scanned Aug 10, 2026
Favicon Hash
Case ID
ICANN OVERSIGHT

Accreditation and RAA context

Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations

For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.

Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.

RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.

Accountability draft Nothing is sent automatically.
Technologies · 7 identified
Google Pay
Payment processors

Google Pay is a digital wallet platform and online payment system developed by Google to power in-app and tap-to-pay purchases on mobile devices, enabling users to make payments with Android phones, tablets or watches.

pay.google.com 100% confidence
Yandex.Metrika
Analytics

Yandex.Metrica is a free web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.

metrika.yandex.com 100% confidence
HSTS
Security

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.

www.rfc-editor.org 100% confidence
Google Tag Manager
Tag managers

Google Tag Manager is a tag management system (TMS) that allows you to quickly and easily update measurement codes and related code fragments collectively known as tags on your website or mobile app.

www.google.com 100% confidence
Google Analytics
Analytics

Google Analytics is a free web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.

google.com 100% confidence
Crisp Live Chat
Live chat

Crisp Live Chat is a live chat solution with free and paid options.

crisp.chat 100% confidence
Cloudflare
CDN

Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.

www.cloudflare.com 100% confidence
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VirusTotal Analysis

4 / 91 security vendors flagged this domain
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Last analyzed First positive detection Previous stored snapshot: 4 detections
alphaMountain.ai
CRDF
Gridinsoft
SOCRadar
Site Performance Analysis

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of upgrade-battle.com · checked Aug 10, 2026

34
Poor
Performance
FCP
7.05s
First Contentful Paint
LCP
14.81s
Largest Contentful Paint
CLS
0.579
Cumulative Layout Shift
TBT
175ms
Total Blocking Time
SI
7.31s
Speed Index
Powered by Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile strategy · Scores: 90-100 Good 50-89 Needs Work 0-49 Poor
Site Configuration Analysis
Stored observations are retained with their original collection time.
robots.txt Present · HTTP 200
Valid robots.txt; no Disallow/Allow paths were extracted.
Sitemap 36 pages · HTTP 200

Evidence & External Reports

Submitted Evidence Snapshot
Sent: Ledger records: 1 Case ID: PD-20260810-FC4FD9 Recipient: abuse@namecheap.com
Page title stored with report: Upgrade Battle: the best inventory upgrader for CS2
URLScan evidence VirusTotal evidence URLQuery evidence Screenshot 234.4 KB

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