my-github.com
Category: Phishing
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Description of my-github.com
The domain my-github.com appears to present a page styled like a video-sharing platform, with the captured page showing a music video page for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" and metadata referencing YouTube. Based on the domain name, the site may be attempting to evoke the well-known GitHub brand while serving unrelated content, which is an unusual combination.
The website does not appear to represent an official GitHub property. Instead, the available screenshot suggests a cloned or imitated media page rather than a software-development platform or code-hosting service. With a newly registered domain, no ranking data, and branding cues that do not match the domain name, the site may be intended to attract visitors through name recognition or misleading presentation.
Safety Assessment for my-github.com
At the time of this scan, no malware detections were reported by 0 out of 92 security engines, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources did not report the domain as malicious. The malware scan summary also indicated no flagged files, links, or iframes based on the available crawl data. These are positive point-in-time signals, but they are limited by the fact that the scan observed very little underlying site content.
There are still notable caution signals. The domain was registered very recently, is not ranked, and its name closely resembles the well-known GitHub brand while the visible page appears to imitate a different major platform's video interface. That mismatch may indicate a look-alike or deceptive setup even when automated scanners have not yet flagged it. Newly created domains can also remain undetected by security systems for some time after launch.
Based on the combination of a clean point-in-time scan and the strong resemblance to a known brand on a brand-mismatched, newly created domain, this website may pose potential risks to visitors.
Technical Description
The site was reachable over HTTPS with a valid Let's Encrypt certificate that, at the time of this scan, was set to expire on 2027-01-07. DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is common but means DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. The domain uses Cloudflare nameservers, while the resolved server IP was reported in Istanbul, Turkey, with hosting attributed to Vigilant Cyber and the web server identified as ESF.
No direct malware artifacts were identified in the limited scan results, but the infrastructure profile is fairly minimal and the domain age is effectively zero days. Combined with the sparse crawl data and unusual branding mismatch, the technical picture suggests caution is warranted even though no active threats were detected at the time of this scan.
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