embercapitals[.]net

embercapitals.net was registered on 16 October 2024 through Hostinger Operations UAB. The domain resolves to 192.3.141.252, an address owned by AS36352 HostPapa located in the United States. No TLS certificate is presented, indicating HTTP‑only access. The site’s only visible attribute is the page title “Ember Capitals”, which does not match the advertised brand; the intelligence tags the campaign as a brand‑impersonation attempt targeting the “base” brand.

Malware‑scanning services have raised alerts: five of ninety‑five VirusTotal scanners flagged the domain, and Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0 / 100. Independent reputation services also rate the domain poorly, with Scamadviser reporting a 1 / 100 score and a single security blocklist listing the host. PhishDestroy has already taken the site offline, and the current operational status is recorded as “taken offline”. The limited data set does not include any SSL certificate, HTTP response codes, or content screenshots, so the exact malicious payload or credential‑capture mechanisms remain unknown.

Nevertheless, the combination of recent registration, low reputation scores, absence of encryption, and confirmed brand‑impersonation classification suggests a high likelihood of fraudulent activity. Defensive actions should include immediate blocking of embercapitals.net at perimeter firewalls and DNS filtering, adding the associated IP address 192.3.141.252 to network blocklists, and monitoring for future domains registered by the same registrar or hosted on the same AS. Continued observation of threat‑intel feeds for related indicators is recommended to detect any re‑deployment of the campaign.