Is pay.auth-co.com safe?

suspiciouslow confidence
35/100

context safety score

A score of 35/100 indicates multiple risk signals were detected. This entity shows patterns commonly associated with malicious intent.

identity
56
behavior
80
content
10
graph
30

7 threat patterns detected

medium

encoded payload

suspicious base64-like blobs detected in page content

medium

malicious redirect

script/meta redirect patterns detected in page source

high

brand impersonation

Domain 'pay.auth-co.com' uses a subdomain structure ('pay') and a suggestive root domain ('auth-co.com') designed to impersonate legitimate payment or authentication services (e.g., Auth0, PayPal, Stripe, or similar auth/payment platforms). The combination of 'pay' and 'auth' in the URL is a classic credential-harvesting lure pattern targeting users expecting a legitimate payment or login portal. (location: metadata.json: domain=pay.auth-co.com)

high

credential harvesting

The domain name structure 'pay.auth-co.com' strongly suggests a fake payment/authentication portal designed to harvest credentials or payment card data. Domains combining 'pay' and 'auth' keywords under a non-brand TLD are a well-documented credential harvesting pattern. The domain is only 351 days old, consistent with a purpose-registered phishing domain. (location: metadata.json: domain_age_days=351, url=https://pay.auth-co.com)

high

phishing

Domain 'pay.auth-co.com' exhibits multiple phishing indicators: (1) coined lookalike domain using 'auth' and 'pay' keywords, (2) domain age of 351 days is consistent with purpose-registered phishing infrastructure, (3) DV (Domain Validated) certificate only — no organizational validation, consistent with quickly-spun-up phishing sites, (4) page immediately presents a Cloudflare challenge gate which can be used to filter out security scanners while passing human victims through to a phishing page. (location: metadata.json, page.html)

medium

malicious redirect

The page uses a Cloudflare managed challenge (cType: 'managed') with meta http-equiv refresh set to 360 seconds. While Cloudflare challenges are legitimate, their use here may serve as a bot/scanner filter to conceal the actual phishing content from automated analysis tools, redirecting only human visitors to the downstream malicious payload. The actual landing page content is hidden behind this challenge gate. (location: page.html: <meta http-equiv='refresh' content='360'>, window._cf_chl_opt cType='managed')

medium

hidden content

The true content of the page is concealed behind a Cloudflare bot challenge gate. Automated scanners receive only a JavaScript challenge page ('Just a moment...') while human visitors are redirected to the actual site content after solving the challenge. This evasion technique is used by phishing operators to hide malicious content from security crawlers and threat intelligence systems. (location: page.html: title='Just a moment...', meta robots='noindex,nofollow', noscript challenge block)

API

curl https://api.brin.sh/domain/pay.auth-co.com

FAQ: how to interpret this assessment

Common questions teams ask before deciding whether to use this domain in agent workflows.

Is pay.auth-co.com safe for AI agents to use?

pay.auth-co.com currently scores 35/100 with a suspicious verdict and low confidence. The goal is to protect agents from high-risk context before they act on it. Treat this as a decision signal: higher scores suggest lower observed risk, while lower scores mean you should add review or block this domain.

How should I interpret the score and verdict?

Use the score as a policy threshold: 80–100 is safe, 50–79 is caution, 20–49 is suspicious, and 0–19 is dangerous. Teams often auto-allow safe, require human review for caution/suspicious, and block dangerous.

How does brin compute this domain score?

brin evaluates four dimensions: identity (source trust), behavior (runtime patterns), content (malicious instructions), and graph (relationship risk). Analysis runs in tiers: static signals, deterministic pattern checks, then AI semantic analysis when needed.

What do identity, behavior, content, and graph mean for this domain?

Identity checks source trust, behavior checks unusual runtime patterns, content checks for malicious instructions, and graph checks risky relationships to other entities. Looking at sub-scores helps you understand why an entity passed or failed.

Why does brin scan packages, repos, skills, MCP servers, pages, and commits?

brin performs risk assessments on external context before it reaches an AI agent. It scores that context for threats like prompt injection, hijacking, credential harvesting, and supply chain attacks, so teams can decide whether to block, review, or proceed safely.

Can I rely on a safe verdict as a full security guarantee?

No. A safe verdict means no significant risk signals were detected in this scan. It is not a formal guarantee; assessments are automated and point-in-time, so combine scores with your own controls and periodic re-checks.

When should I re-check before using an entity?

Re-check before high-impact actions such as installs, upgrades, connecting MCP servers, executing remote code, or granting secrets. Use the API in CI or runtime gates so decisions are based on the latest scan.

Learn more in threat detection docs, how scoring works, and the API overview.

Last Scanned

March 6, 2026

Verdict Scale

safe80–100
caution50–79
suspicious20–49
dangerous0–19

Trust Graph

Disclaimer

Assessments are automated and may contain errors. Findings are risk indicators, not confirmed threats. This is a point-in-time assessment; security posture can change.

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