# PhishDestroy threat dossier — web3lab.top ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-23 15:22:30 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/web3lab.top/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: MetaMask ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: camilo.ns.cloudflare.com, serena.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-06 HTTP response: 530 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-07-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 062ec03ae2f790aa17c1f33a1ccbb34d08c97da1471ad88e356a1a0cb34f48e8 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: CLOSED — no report required. This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file for audit but no formal notice was sent. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-06 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-06 15:45:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-06 12:45:31 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-23 13:40:16 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-11 11:52:58 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d62cf-92ae-72f2-ab2a-02055efdcc0d/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/a99bd531-2645-45f7-9fa8-a80e4f576d7b Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/web3lab.top crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.web3lab.top Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=web3lab.top AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/web3lab.top URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/web3lab.top/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-06 15:49:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies active phishing infrastructure targeting Web3 users via web3lab.top, a domain impersonating legitimate wallet services to harvest credentials and private keys. This domain was flagged as a generic phishing host (seed: 6ca648) with 0/95 detections on VirusTotal, indicating evasion of automated scanners. Web3lab.top resolves to IP 188.114.97.3 and was registered April 04, 2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. Despite its recent creation, the domain already appears on 2 security blocklists and is blocked by MetaMask and SEAL, suggesting broad industry recognition of the threat. Further investigation reveals the use of a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which may deceive users into trusting the malicious site. Web3 users should avoid interacting with web3lab.top entirely and verify any wallet-related domains through official channels before entering credentials. Block the IP 188.114.97.3 at the network perimeter and revoke trust for SSL certificates issued to this domain. If compromised, immediately rotate wallet credentials and check for unauthorized transactions using tools like MetaMask's built-in security alerts. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 4/94 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260406-DEE7F9 TLS cert SHA-256: 062ec03ae2f790aa17c1f33a1ccbb34d08c97da1471ad88e356a1a0cb34f48e8 ## 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 (volunteer 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/web3lab.top/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=web3lab.top 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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io