connect-app[.]center

The domain connect-app.center was registered on February 22, 2026 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and is currently taken offline. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 198.177.125.196, which belongs to AS22612 (Namecheap, Inc.) in the United States. The authoritative name servers are ns3.my-ndns.com and ns4.my-ndns.com. The site presented the page title "Just Pomodoro" and employed an Apache HTTP Server fronted by Cloudflare, with client‑side libraries including jQuery, Font Awesome, and cdnjs.

TLS is provided by a Let’s Encrypt certificate (R13). VirusTotal analysis shows that three of ninety‑five security vendors flagged the domain, indicating a modest detection consensus. The domain appears on a single external blocklist and is specifically listed by PhishDestroy as a malicious entry. No additional intelligence, such as Safe Browsing or OTX references, is available, and the exact phishing lure or targeted brand has not been disclosed in the collected data.

Defenders should block the domain at perimeter firewalls and proxy devices, add the IP address 198.177.125.196 to deny‑list entries, and ensure that any internal clients that may have cached the site are cleared. Continuous monitoring of the associated IP range and name servers is advised, as the infrastructure could be repurposed for future campaigns. Incident response teams should also verify that no credential harvesting or malware downloads occurred on internal hosts that accessed the domain before it was taken offline.