uk[.]paying-gz[.]vip

Analysis of uk.paying-gz.vip indicates that the domain was registered on December 16, 2025 through Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) and is served by the authoritative nameservers dns15.hichina.com and dns16.hichina.com. The site resolves to IP address 151.101.64.144, which is owned by Fastly, Inc. (AS54113) and geolocated in the United States. No TLS/SSL certificate is present, meaning the site operates over clear‑text HTTP only. The page title returned by the HTTP response is "Welcome to GOV.UK", suggesting an attempt to impersonate the official UK government portal.

VirusTotal scans have recorded 16 detections out of 95 security vendors, and the domain is listed on a single external blocklist. Independent anti‑phishing services have taken action: PhishDestroy has blocked the domain, and Gridinsoft assigns it a trust score of 0 out of 100, reflecting a high confidence of malicious intent. The current operational status is offline, but the historical evidence remains relevant for threat‑intel correlation.

Defenders should continue to block the domain at perimeter and DNS filtering layers, monitor the associated Fastly IP range for any re‑use, and add the domain to internal threat‑intel feeds. Given the lack of SSL and the use of a legitimate‑looking page title, future campaigns may attempt to lure victims via email or social media messages that reference the GOV.UK brand. Continuous monitoring of new registrations under the hiChina registrar and of similar page titles is recommended to detect emerging replicas before they become active.