# PhishDestroy threat dossier — adeptminingpool.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-26 17:17:17 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/adeptminingpool.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: Bitcoin ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 9/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Netcraft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 185.244.151.84 (RO, Bucharest) ASN: ASAS60117 HS Host Sailor Ltd, AE Hosting org: AS60117 Host Sailor Ltd Registrar: NameSilo, LLC !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!! NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com) for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence. Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket — NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed Nameservers: ns3.ro.hostsailor.com, ns4.ro.hostsailor.com Registered: 2025-12-02 Expires: 2026-12-02 Page title: Adept Mining Pool - Bitcoin | Binary | CFD Trading - 100x Leverage HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-02 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 801b188b845bba68acb620fb2a0da19f1f5a883d5dc2ca324f92f870ea124042 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: CLOSED — no report required. This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file for audit but no formal notice was sent. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-12-02 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-19 02:12:45 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-19 00:33:35 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-26 19:15:16 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-20 00:02:52 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019edd37-934b-7627-bf4f-c13569f8773c/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/1458f6da-4f28-4e2a-8c17-b53b9d4eeaeb Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/adeptminingpool.live crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.adeptminingpool.live Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=adeptminingpool.live AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/adeptminingpool.live URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/adeptminingpool.live/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 14:07:25 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, adeptminingpool.live, is actively engaged in a cryptocurrency trading scam, specifically targeting users with fraudulent offers of high-leverage Bitcoin, binary options, and CFD trading under the guise of a mining pool. The page title, 'Adept Mining Pool - Bitcoin | Binary | CFD Trading - 100x Leverage,' is designed to lure victims by promising unrealistic financial returns, a common tactic in crypto drainer schemes. Such scams typically aim to steal cryptocurrency assets by tricking users into connecting their wallets to malicious smart contracts or transferring funds to attacker-controlled addresses. Analysis of the domain's infrastructure reveals multiple indicators of malicious activity. The domain was registered on December 02, 2025, through NameSilo, LLC, and currently resolves to the IP address 185.244.151.84, located in Romania under AS60117 (Host Sailor Ltd). Security vendors on VirusTotal have flagged this domain, with 7 out of 95 engines detecting it as malicious. Additionally, the domain appears on one security blocklist, and its SSL certificate, issued by Let's Encrypt, does not mitigate the risk, as fraudulent domains frequently use valid certificates to appear legitimate. Users who have visited adeptminingpool.live or interacted with its content should take immediate action to mitigate potential risks. If cryptocurrency transactions were initiated, it is critical to revoke any connected wallet permissions and transfer remaining assets to a secure wallet. Affected individuals should also monitor their accounts for unauthorized activity and consider reporting the incident to relevant financial or cybersecurity authorities. Browser-based security tools or network-level blocking can prevent further access to the domain, and users are advised to verify the legitimacy of any trading or mining platform before engaging with it. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260619-987DDF Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 801b188b845bba68acb620fb2a0da19f1f5a883d5dc2ca324f92f870ea124042 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates: - VirusTotal positive ratio - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus, CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB) - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor) - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.) - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording) - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures) - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...) - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal) - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record) - Human researcher sign-off (volunteer takedown team) A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite score and the individual indicators above, not just VT. ## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/adeptminingpool.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=adeptminingpool.live Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 170,562 domains (12,255 alive under monitoring, 157,919 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io