# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vlc-player.net ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 02:19:53 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vlc-player.net/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 19/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, ArcSight Threat Intelligence, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, ESTsecurity, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 9 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: james.ns.cloudflare.com, kehlani.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-09-01 Expires: 2028-09-01 Page title: VLC Media Player Free Download - Windows and Mac ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-09-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 1bf25689ed578256a219a9ac7d5e4d3441854d24c3374fc88b389b23d71613de ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-09-01 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-12 14:26:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-12 22:08:34 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-13 03:00:14 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f564b-1479-744f-906b-c00a94d31a04/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/2ed341c6-f676-4399-a20b-daf87a1900d8 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vlc-player.net crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vlc-player.net Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vlc-player.net AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vlc-player.net URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vlc-player.net/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-12 18:40:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, vlc-player.net, was registered on September 01 2025 through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com and is currently flagged as a high‑risk, active generic phishing operation. The domain resolves to the Cloudflare‑owned address 188.114.97.3, which geolocates to Canada. It is protected by a Let’s Encrypt certificate (issued by the YE1 intermediate) and enforces HTTP Strict Transport Security, indicating the use of modern TLS hardening. Infrastructure analysis shows the zone is served by the Cloudflare name servers james.ns.cloudflare.com and kehlani.ns.cloudflare.com. The presence of Cloudflare Browser Insights, Google Analytics, and HTTP/3 suggests the operators are leveraging the CDN’s performance and analytics capabilities. No additional hosting or backend details are observable beyond the Cloudflare edge. Threat‑intel sources corroborate malicious activity: the domain appears in nine AlienVault OTX threat pulses and has been flagged by 19 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. It is listed on three public blocklists and is actively blocked by PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. These indicators collectively confirm a pattern of abuse consistent with credential‑harvesting campaigns. Analysts should treat any traffic to vlc-player.net as hostile. Recommended mitigations include network‑level deny rules for the IP 188.114.97.3, DNS sinkholing of the domain, and continuous monitoring of the associated Cloudflare name servers for any changes. Because the exact phishing lures and targeted brand have not been publicly disclosed, defenders should assume a broad credential‑stealing motive and enforce multi‑factor authentication wherever possible. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260712-78242E Favicon MD5: e0b843b81b37808b6889b909795fb3de TLS cert SHA-256: 1bf25689ed578256a219a9ac7d5e4d3441854d24c3374fc88b389b23d71613de ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vlc-player.net/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vlc-player.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 178,008 domains (49,742 alive under monitoring, 128,266 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io