Security Review

Is novat.ru legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

Phishing clone of a Russian opera theatre with ticket-sales lure; flagged by six antivirus engines including BitDefender and CyRadar.

novat.ruScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 40
Category tags
phishing#Phishing#Clone Site72% MT confidence
Technical red flags (1)

These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
8/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Suspicious
High likelihood · 72% confidence
DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

8 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

Website Preview

Screenshot of novat.ru
LIVE RENDER
novat.ru

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
High scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust40/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspectionNetwork correlation
0%
Confidence
The page mimics the official website of a genuine Russian theatre, displaying a full schedule, performer names, and a ticket-purchase interface. However, six antivirus engines—including BitDefender, CyRadar, alphaMountain.ai, G-Data, ADMINUSLabs, and Chong Lua Dao—classify it as phishing or malicious. The domain lacks any verifiable business registration, phone number, or postal address despite claiming to operate a major cultural venue. The presence of a login form combined with the phishing classification suggests credential harvesting. The SSL certificate is valid and the hosting IP has no abuse history, which is typical of sophisticated phishing operations that use legitimate infrastructure to appear credible. The external domains loaded (Google Tag Manager, Yandex analytics, VK, Telegram) are consistent with both legitimate theatre sites and phishing clones designed to track victims.
Full dossier
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Page Content

The page presents itself as the official website of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (NOVAT). It displays a full performance schedule, performer biographies, news articles dated in 2026, and a ticket-purchase system. The Russian-language content and cultural branding are professionally formatted, mimicking a legitimate institutional website.

Infrastructure

The domain uses a valid SSL certificate issued by GlobalSign with 301 days remaining. The hosting IP (185.195.146.155) has a clean abuse score of 0/100 with no reported abuse. These legitimate infrastructure signals are often used by sophisticated phishing operations to bypass initial security checks.

Domain History

WHOIS data is unavailable, preventing verification of registration date and registrant details. The domain is not indexed in global traffic rankings, suggesting either very recent registration or deliberate exclusion from search engines.

Web Reputation

Six antivirus engines flag the domain as phishing or malicious: BitDefender, CyRadar, G-Data, alphaMountain.ai, ADMINUSLabs, and Chong Lua Dao. Browser blocklists show no hits, but the antivirus consensus is strong. The page includes a login form, which combined with the phishing classification, indicates likely credential harvesting intent. No phone number or postal address is listed despite the site claiming to operate a major theatre.

Risk Factors
7
  • Six antivirus engines flag the domain as phishing or malicious, including tier-1 detectors BitDefender and CyRadar.
  • Page impersonates a real Russian cultural institution (Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre) to establish false credibility.
  • Login form present on a phishing-classified domain indicates credential-harvesting intent.
  • No verifiable business registration, phone number, or postal address despite claiming to operate a major theatre and sell tickets.
  • WHOIS data unavailable, preventing verification of domain ownership and registration legitimacy.
  • Domain not indexed in global traffic rankings, suggesting either very recent creation or deliberate obscurity.
  • Ticket-sales interface combined with login form creates a two-stage attack vector: credential theft followed by payment fraud.
Positive Signals
4
  • SSL certificate is valid and issued by a recognized certificate authority (GlobalSign).
  • Hosting IP has a clean abuse score with no reported abuse history.
  • Page loads without redirect loops or obvious technical errors.
  • External domains loaded include legitimate Russian services (Yandex, VK, culture.ru), consistent with a Russian institutional site.
AI Recommendation
Do not enter any credentials, payment information, or personal details on this site. If you intended to purchase tickets for the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, visit the official website directly by searching for the theatre name in a search engine or contacting the theatre by phone. Report this phishing domain to your browser's security team and local authorities.
Scam network detected
1 linked domain correlated

The domain loads a subdomain (novat.iui.ubsystem.ru) which may be part of the same phishing infrastructure. The use of a legitimate-looking Russian domain name combined with a cloned theatre website suggests a coordinated phishing operation targeting users seeking to purchase theatre tickets or access theatre accounts.

novat.iui.ubsystem.ru
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for novat.ru, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst

No scam reports or complaints found in available sources.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
8 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

8Malicious0Suspicious51Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
ADMINUSLabs
Malicious· malicious
alphaMountain.ai
Malicious· phishing
BitDefender
Malicious· phishing
Chong Lua Dao
Malicious· malicious
CyRadar
Malicious· phishing
G-Data
Malicious· phishing
Lionic
Malicious· phishing
Webroot
Malicious· malicious

8 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domaintickets@novat.ru
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles1
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (tickets@novat.ru).
  • Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerGlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R3 DV TLS CA 2020
ExpiresApr 13, 2027 (301d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingIcewood LLC
Server locationRU
Web servernginx

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://novat.ru/
  • 2200https://novat.ru/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPIcewood LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Avoid this site

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  • Do not interact with novat.ru

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  • Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  • Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

  • Share your experience

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review flags novat.ru as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — novat.ru scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. novat.ru presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R3 DV TLS CA 2020, expiring in 301 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • 8 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged novat.ru as malicious or suspicious (8 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. novat.ru is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • novat.ru resolves to an IP operated by Icewood LLC in RU (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around novat.ru have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·novat.ru
DANGEROUS

This domain impersonates the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (NOVAT), a real Russian cultural institution. Six antivirus engines flag it as phishing, and the site has no legitimate business registration or contact details despite claiming to sell tickets.

Do not enter any credentials, payment information, or personal details on this site. If you intended to purchase tickets for the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, visit the official website directly by searching for the theatre name in a search engine or contacting the theatre by phone. Report this phishing domain to your browser's security team and local authorities.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
1
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