verizon[.]com-vdkbn[.]cc

The domain verizon.com-vdkbn.cc was registered on December 16 2025 through Gname.com Pte. Ltd. and is currently taken offline. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 188.114.97.3, which belongs to AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. and is geolocated in the United States. The authoritative nameservers listed are marty.ns.cloudflare.com and rafe.ns.cloudflare.com, confirming the use of Cloudflare’s DNS infrastructure. HTTP requests return the default “Welcome to nginx!” page title and the site offers no TLS certificate, indicating that the service is served over plain HTTP. Analysis of threat intelligence shows the domain is classified as a brand‑impersonation campaign targeting the brand x.com.

The domain appears on one known security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy feed. VirusTotal reports that 16 of 95 scanned security vendors flagged the domain as malicious, reinforcing the suspicion of abusive activity. The Gridinsoft trust score of 0 / 100 further reflects a high likelihood of malicious intent. No additional payloads, scripts, or login portals have been observed, and the content of the site beyond the generic nginx banner has not been captured.

Uncertainty remains regarding the exact attack vector, such as whether the domain was used to host credential‑harvesting pages or redirect victims to a secondary malicious host, because the site currently returns only a standard server banner and no further content has been archived. Defenders should continue to block the domain at network perimeter devices, incorporate the IP address 188.114.97.3 into deny lists, and monitor for any future re‑activation of the domain or its associated IP range. Additional crawling of historical snapshots, if available, may reveal the original phishing landing page. Organizations that use the x.com brand should advise users to verify URLs and report any suspicious communications that reference the domain.