ssl.uk.ecards.pictures is a subdomain of an electronic-greeting-card themed name that sits on the PhishDestroy blocklist. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-08-31. Its page carried the title "404 - Quick Tip | Cofense", which names a security-awareness vendor rather than any wallet or exchange brand. The site went offline on 2026-09-11 and was still dead with no content at its root on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
PhishDestroy has not assigned a specific scheme to this domain. The risk the evidence points to is the e-card lure: a message claims someone sent you a greeting card, and the link opens a page that may ask for a login, push a download or redirect elsewhere. The "ssl" and "uk" labels in the hostname make the link look routine and regional at a glance. The page title shows a Cofense "Quick Tip" error page, while the domain is listed on our blocklist as suspicious.
Evidence
Seven of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain when it was checked on 2026-09-14. The flagging vendors were CRDF, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar, URLQuery and VIPRE. That is a minority verdict, but it comes from several unrelated vendors rather than a single feed. Besides PhishDestroy, the PhishFeed blocklist also lists the domain.
Infrastructure
The parent domain was registered on 2015-07-17, roughly eleven years before PhishDestroy flagged this subdomain. A long-lived name like this does not fit the pattern of disposable throwaway domains. It is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar mainly used for corporate brand management. The site was hosted on Amazon cloud infrastructure in Germany.
What to do
If an e-card message brought you here, do not open similar links from the same sender, and report the email to your IT or security team. If you typed a password on any page reached through it, change that password and turn on two-factor authentication for the account. If you downloaded a file, delete it and run a full scan with up-to-date security software. Defenders should block the hostname at mail and web gateways and search mail logs for messages linking to it. They should also check with their own security-awareness team whether any scheduled training campaigns referenced this domain before treating hits as a live attack.
For the registrable domain ecards.pictures behind this subdomain, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Certificate fingerprint9b8c9c90670e691787548c4f86948872234d4ba8176bfc66e161912bafd5d051Certificate names · 1 SANs
uk.ecards.pictures
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcome비활성reason: Http No Content70% confidence
Attributionsource: Current Http Probe
Evidence layersAvailability: Root path has no contentContent: Absent At RootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation비활성Http No Content70%2026-10-19 02:12:00 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-15 22:18:11 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-01 01:48:03 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-15 22:18:11 UTC → 2026-10-01 01:48:03 UTC · 363.50hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-23 12:03:07 UTC · precision low · basis bounded
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.
기술 · 1 identified
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HSTS
보안
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
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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 ssl.uk.ecards.pictures)
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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