byreal[.]zone

The domain byreal.zone was observed serving a page with the title "Nur einen Moment…" before being taken offline. Technical inspection shows the site was hosted behind Cloudflare, resolving to IP address 104.21.80.1, which belongs to ASN 13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.) and is geolocated in the United States. The TLS certificate presented was issued by Google Trust Services under the WE1 root, indicating that HTTPS traffic was encrypted with a legitimate certificate, a common tactic to increase perceived legitimacy. Nameserver delegation points to luciana.ns.cloudflare.com and lamar.ns.cloudflare.com, both Cloudflare‑managed, confirming the use of Cloudflare’s DNS and CDN services.

Registration data lists the registrar as PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com; no further WHOIS details are provided. The site employed Cloudflare Browser Insights and HTTP/3, suggesting modern client‑side performance optimizations. Detection signals include a block by PhishDestroy and inclusion on one public security blocklist. VirusTotal analysis recorded a single positive detection out of ninety‑five scanning engines, indicating at least one vendor identified malicious behavior.

No additional intelligence such as Safe Browsing hits, Open Threat Exchange entries, or detailed payload samples were retrieved before the takedown. Because the page content and targeted brand were not captured, the precise lure remains undefined, but the observed indicators align with a generic phishing operation. Defenders should immediately add byreal.zone to DNS and proxy blocklists, monitor for rapid re‑registration or the appearance of similarly structured Cloudflare‑fronted domains, and maintain scrutiny of outbound HTTPS connections that employ Google‑issued certificates from unknown hosts. Ongoing threat‑intel feeds should be consulted for any future reactivation or related campaigns.