cupschallenge[.]net

This domain, cupschallenge.net, was registered on 26 December 2025 and is currently taken offline. Infrastructure analysis shows it resolves to the IPv4 address 83.143.112.8, which belongs to AS215439 (PLAY2GO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED) registered in Finland. The registrar is PDR Ltd. operating under PublicDomainRegistry.com. The site’s HTTP response returned the page title “Global | eSports and Gaming Community”, indicating an attempt to appear as a gaming community platform. Threat intelligence tags the domain as impersonating the brand celer, classifying the activity as brand‑impersonation.

Detection data indicate that 14 of 93 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged the domain, and it appears on one external blocklist. The domain is also blocked by PhishDestroy and is referenced in two AlienVault OTX pulses, providing community‑sourced corroboration of its malicious use. The SSL certificate in use is rated E7, and the Gridinsoft trust score is 0 out of 100, reflecting an extremely low trust rating. No additional security vendors reported a clean result, reinforcing the risk assessment.

Uncertainty remains regarding the exact page content prior to takedown, as no visual analysis is available. No evidence of payload delivery or credential‑harvesting forms has been disclosed. Defenders should continue to block the domain at DNS and network perimeter, enforce denial of any traffic to the resolved IP address, and add the domain to internal blocklists. Ongoing monitoring of related OTX pulses, PhishDestroy feeds, and any new listings on security blocklists is recommended to detect possible reuse of the infrastructure in future brand‑impersonation campaigns.