# PhishDestroy threat dossier — x-surge.icu ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-21 02:52:33 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/x-surge.icu/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: redirect_split) (score: 5/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.150.167 (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: ["alina.ns.cloudflare.com", "elias.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-04-30 Page title: Just a moment... ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-07-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 4c8194da52b00f3f9d20d0e8b257bb1ccb2348ff5fb26c4ef72ce364814e5f67 ## 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: 2026-04-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-30 17:29:45 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-04-30 17:29:39 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-21 04:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 17:33:15 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ddec8-d648-77d1-875f-f43a254a55a9/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/x-surge.icu crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.x-surge.icu Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=x-surge.icu AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/x-surge.icu URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/x-surge.icu/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-18 17:06:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies x-surge.icu as a generic phishing site, currently offline, which does not appear to impersonate any specific brand. This domain was flagged by 2 of 95 VirusTotal vendors and is registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, with an IP address of 172.67.150.167, created on April 30, 2026, and appears on 3 security blocklists. Given its current offline status, users are advised to remain cautious and avoid interacting with x-surge.icu if it becomes active again, as its trust scores are likely to be low due to the flags and blocklists, and the presence of a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate may not be sufficient to guarantee its safety. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: ada11a110791b77329cb70e6568ebbed TLS cert SHA-256: 4c8194da52b00f3f9d20d0e8b257bb1ccb2348ff5fb26c4ef72ce364814e5f67 ## 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/x-surge.icu/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=x-surge.icu 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: 167,129 domains (16,052 alive under monitoring, 150,759 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io