# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aether-aerial.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 17:30:20 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aether-aerial.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 66/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.176.64 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["archer.ns.cloudflare.com", "hattie.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-05-21
Page title:      Aether Aerial — Drone Wedding Photography · Los Angeles to San Diego
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-08-18
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 28c712d0d692dcfdb1722892d7718988f9717a47dd18f54c4f0ab44d593c34c1

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-05-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-21 14:00:08 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 06:26:57 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 18:30:22 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-26 12:28:25 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-25 18:30:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Analysis classifies aether-aerial.com as a high-risk active domain associated with credential theft operations. The infrastructure presents characteristics commonly observed in collection portals designed to harvest authentication data through deceptive interfaces and impersonation workflows. Current exposure status and external blocking actions increase the likelihood of malicious intent despite limited public detection coverage.

Technical review shows the domain was created on May 21, 2026 and remains active at the time of analysis. Registration records indicate use of Cloudflare, Inc. as registrar infrastructure. DNS resolution currently maps the domain to IP address 172.67.176.64 with hosting geolocated to CA through Cloudflare, Inc. TLS deployment uses a certificate issued by Google Trust Services / WE1. Detection telemetry shows 1/95 security vendors flagging the domain while it appears on 3 independent security blocklists. Blocking actions have been recorded by PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. The observed page title references drone wedding photography activity, creating a mismatch between presentation and security reputation indicators.

Mitigation guidance for credential theft exposure includes blocking network access to the domain, preventing browser connections at gateway level, and monitoring authentication logs for suspicious sign-in attempts linked to recent visits. Any credentials entered into the site should be treated as compromised and rotated immediately. Session tokens should be revoked where supported and additional authentication protections should be enabled to reduce the impact of credential reuse attacks.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       f818dc9204012569f76681cf5c76bf89
TLS cert SHA-256:      28c712d0d692dcfdb1722892d7718988f9717a47dd18f54c4f0ab44d593c34c1

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aether-aerial.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aether-aerial.com
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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