download-phantom[.]io

The domain download-phantom.io was registered on November 5, 2025 and is presently taken offline. It resolves to the IP address 45.82.82.240, which belongs to ASN AS9123 operated by JSC TIMEWEB in Russia. No SSL certificate is presented for the site, indicating that any communications would have occurred over plain HTTP. The page title returned from the host was "Phantom Wallet - Download Crypto Wallet for Solana, Ethereum," directly referencing the legitimate Phantom brand, confirming the intent to impersonate the Phantom cryptocurrency wallet service.

The domain is listed on four security blocklists, including PhishDestroy, Polkadot, Enkrypt, and Codeesura, and appears on additional threat intelligence lists, reinforcing its classification as a high‑risk brand‑impersonation infrastructure. Reputation services report extremely low trust scores: Scamadviser assigns 1 out of 100 and Gridinsoft 0 out of 100, reflecting the domain’s malicious nature. VirusTotal analysis shows that 17 of 95 scanning engines flagged the domain, providing independent corroboration of its malicious status.

The registrar listed is Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu, and the authoritative name servers are a.dnspod.com, b.dnspod.com, and c.dnspod.com. While the site is no longer active, defenders should continue to block the associated IP range, monitor for newly registered domains that reuse the same name servers or registrar, and incorporate the domain hash into detection rules. Ongoing vigilance is advised because the infrastructure – a Russian‑based hosting provider with no TLS protection – is typical of crypto‑related impersonation campaigns that may reappear under new domain names.