blackhatusa[.]com

Analysis of the domain blackhatusa.com indicates it is actively impersonating the Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference, as evidenced by the page title 'blackhatusa - blackhat usa' and its classification as a generic phishing threat. The domain resolves to IP address 188.114.97.3, hosted on Cloudflare infrastructure (AS13335) in Canada, with nameservers angela.ns.cloudflare.com and ray.ns.cloudflare.com. It remains operational as of July 19, 2026, returning an HTTP 200 status. The domain is registered through NameSilo, LLC, and uses an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services (WE1). Threat intelligence sources show the domain appears in 19 AlienVault OTX pulses and is listed on one security blocklist, with PhishDestroy currently blocking it. While VirusTotal reports a single detection from 91 security vendors, this does not confirm malicious intent but aligns with other indicators. No evidence of a specific phishing kit or payload delivery is present in the available data, and the exact content or tactics used remain unanalyzed. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk due to its active status, association with known phishing infrastructure, and impersonation of a high-profile cybersecurity event. Blocking at the DNS or network level is recommended, and security teams should monitor for connections to 188.114.97.3 or related Cloudflare-hosted domains with similar naming patterns. Further investigation into associated email campaigns or redirect chains is advised if internal logs show user interaction with this domain.