hardclosesoftware.com presents itself as "hardclose — construction ERP by TC Software LLC," a business software product aimed at construction firms. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page that borrows this product identity to win the trust of visitors. We first flagged it on 2026-10-04. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving content. The page title shows a construction software vendor, and our classification is impersonation phishing.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages copy the name, look and wording of a real or plausible company so visitors treat them as an official portal. A visitor expecting a product login, demo signup or download is asked for work credentials, contact details or other sensitive input, and that information goes to the operators. Because the domain also appears on MetaMask and SEAL blocklists, visitors may be pushed toward a wallet connection or signature request. A malicious approval can let attackers move tokens out of the connected wallet.
Evidence
On 2026-10-07, 12 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. They include alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data and Gridinsoft. Spamhaus lists it in its DBL under the phishing category. MetaMask and SEAL list it alongside PhishDestroy, which means wallet-focused defenders have independently judged it dangerous. Four AlienVault OTX threat pulses reference it as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-10, just 24 days before we detected it. That short gap is typical of a site set up for a campaign rather than a long-running business. It is registered through Cloudflare, Inc. and sits behind Cloudflare's network in the US, which hides the origin server. Its TLS certificate from Google Trust Services (WE1) is issued automatically, so the browser padlock says nothing about who runs the site.
What to do
If you entered a password on this site, change it right away. Do the same on any service where you reused it, and turn on app-based 2FA. If you downloaded anything presented as hardclose software, do not run it, and scan the device. If you connected a wallet or signed a request, revoke the approvals granted to unfamiliar contracts with a token-approval checker, and move remaining funds to a fresh wallet. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and the mail gateway. They should also warn construction and finance staff about lookalike ERP sites and report the domain to Cloudflare's abuse channel.
Certificate fingerprint56476c660285d9ab7b2d0db033d42882c202744e6517bc369450890d6dad1803Certificate names · 1 SANs
www.hardclosesoftware.com
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation활성 콘텐츠Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 10:39:34 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 10:39:34 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 10:39:34 UTC
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.hardclosesoftware.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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After a phishing incident
피해자를 위한 권고 사항 및 조언
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
지금 당장 어떻게 해야 할까요?
긴급
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
모든 비밀번호 변경 — 이메일, 익스체인지 계정 등, 동일한 비밀번호를 사용하는 모든 것
2단계 인증 활성화 인증 앱(SMS 제외)을 사용합니다. SMS 기반 복구 기능을 비활성화하세요.
카드 동결 피싱 사이트에 은행 계좌 정보를 입력한 경우
보고서를 작성하기 위해 어떤 정보를 수집해야 할까요?
FBI 지침
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
정확한 날짜 및 시간 — 각 거래 내역 및 사기범과의 첫 접촉 시점
스크린샷 — 사기 웹사이트, 채팅 메시지, 이메일, 지갑 거래, 소셜 미디어
모든 URL 및 도메인 사기꾼이 사용한 (다음과 같은 것들을 포함하여 hardclosesoftware.com)
커뮤니케이션 — 사기꾼이 사용한 이메일, 문자, 전화번호, 사용자 이름
비록 모든 세부 사항을 알지 못하더라도 — 어쨌든 신고를 하세요. 부분적인 정보라도 수사에 도움이 됩니다.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
지역 경찰 — 비록 당장 조치를 취할 수는 없더라도 공식 기록을 남깁니다
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
가짜 웹사이트 — 도메인을 약간만 변경한, 정식 사이트와 픽셀 단위로 완벽하게 일치하는 복제 사이트
pig butchering — Telegram·왓츠앱·데이트 앱을 통해 몇 주에 걸쳐 신뢰를 쌓은 뒤, 돈을 훔쳐갔다
회복 사기 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI를 이용한 사기 — 딥페이크, 자동화된 피싱, AI로 생성된 사이트 등으로 인해 사기 행각을 적발하기가 더 어려워지고 있다
앞으로 어떻게 하면 스스로를 지킬 수 있을까요?
공식 사이트 즐겨찾기 추가 — 이메일, DM 또는 광고에 포함된 링크는 절대 클릭하지 마세요
도메인 확인 — 확인하기 PhishDestroy 상호작용을 시작하기 전에 HTTPS, 맞춤법, 도메인 등록 기간을 확인하세요.
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
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