# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vipbase.net
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Fetched:   2026-07-30 16:39:41 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vipbase.net/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      7/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      52.205.108.57 (US, Ashburn)
Hosting org:     AS14618 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     burt.ns.cloudflare.com, connie.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2005-09-02
Expires:         2027-09-02
Page title:      Deribit
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-10-02
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: e47e39f76785e2cd489e33f2f852ae82ab1dad311f9cec68694c64f57081e5f1
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - aboutbase.net
  - baseinews.com
  - baseitrade.com
  - ngco.net
  - www.aboutbase.net
  - www.baseinews.com
  - www.baseitrade.com
  - www.ngco.net
  - www.vipbase.net

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2005-09-02 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-27 16:35:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-30 16:20:25 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019fa402-2e9a-7076-9838-d5c3beb6f479/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/vipbase.net
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vipbase.net
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vipbase.net
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vipbase.net
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vipbase.net/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-27 16:35:47 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

vipbase.net Fake Credential Harvesting Alert

Analysis indicates that vipbase.net is currently active and resolves to the public IPv4 address 52.205.108.57, which is associated with Cloudflare's edge network. The domain was registered on 2 September 2005 through GoDaddy.com, LLC and utilizes the authoritative name servers burt.ns.cloudflare.com and connie.ns.cloudflare.com. It appears on a single security blocklist and has been flagged by the PhishDestroy sinkhole as a malicious resource. A VirusTotal scan conducted by 91 AV engines reported no detections; however, the lack of a positive match does not imply the domain is safe, as many credential‑harvesting sites employ evasive techniques that evade static scanners.

No additional intelligence such as Safe Browsing verdicts, Open Threat Exchange (OTX) references, SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, or page‑title metadata is available in the current feed. Consequently, the true content and intended impersonated brand remain unknown. Given the limited visibility, the domain should be treated as a suspected credential‑harvesting platform.

Defenders are advised to block outbound connections to 52.205.108.57 at the network perimeter, add vipbase.net to internal deny lists, and monitor DNS queries for any resolver activity. Continuous re‑evaluation of threat‑intel sources, including periodic VirusTotal rescans and checking for new blocklist listings, is recommended. Organizations that employ email security gateways should ensure that messages containing links to vipbase.net are quarantined or rejected, and users should be warned against clicking unknown URLs that resolve to this domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       c1eeb5f94e6609dff70cddadc09448d4
TLS cert SHA-256:      e47e39f76785e2cd489e33f2f852ae82ab1dad311f9cec68694c64f57081e5f1

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vipbase.net/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vipbase.net
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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