# PhishDestroy threat dossier — allington-advisors.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 03:09:47 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/allington-advisors.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 94/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 89.169.55.63 (DE, Frankfurt Am Main) ASN: AS210644 AEZA INTERNATIONAL LTD Hosting org: xorek.cloud International LTD Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: adrian.ns.cloudflare.com, tony.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-23 Expires: 2027-06-23 Page title: Allington Investment Advisors - Home ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-09-21 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 740a6f46cea832f1d5917d40569e0bd62e21af5470b4ed91a869849bb1878c73 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.allington-advisors.com ## 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: 2026-06-23 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 12:54:02 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-28 10:55:39 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-29 04:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:03:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0ddb-e2c4-71b1-9318-1c046f401d12/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/a0d04f78-9f29-40e2-a12f-49ee9ca250e8 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/allington-advisors.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.allington-advisors.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=allington-advisors.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/allington-advisors.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/allington-advisors.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 19:04:33 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, allington-advisors.com, is actively engaged in credential theft operations targeting individuals seeking investment advisory services. Analysis of the site reveals it impersonates Allington Investment Advisors, a legitimate financial services entity, to deceive visitors into submitting sensitive login credentials, personal identification details, or financial information. Such credential harvesting schemes are commonly used to facilitate identity theft, unauthorized account access, or subsequent fraudulent transactions. The site employs a professional appearance, including a fabricated page title 'Allington Investment Advisors - Home,' to enhance its legitimacy and increase the likelihood of successful deception. Infrastructure analysis provides concrete evidence of malicious intent. The domain was registered on June 23, 2024, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to the IP address 89.169.55.63, which has been linked to other suspicious or confirmed malicious activities. Detection metrics further corroborate the threat: only 2 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal currently flag the domain, indicating either a low detection rate or a newly deployed campaign. Additionally, the domain appears on one security blocklist, and its Gridinsoft trust score is 0/100, reflecting a complete absence of credibility. The use of a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, while providing encryption, does not validate the site's legitimacy, as such certificates are freely available and commonly exploited by threat actors. Individuals who have visited allington-advisors.com or interacted with its content should take immediate remedial action. First, cease all engagement with the site and avoid entering any personal or financial information. If credentials were submitted, change passwords for all potentially affected accounts, prioritizing financial services, email, and other high-value platforms. Enable multi-factor authentication where available to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access. Monitor accounts for suspicious activity, such as unauthorized transactions or login attempts, and report any anomalies to the respective service providers. Consider notifying relevant authorities or cybersecurity response teams to contribute to broader threat intelligence efforts. Finally, conduct a full system scan using updated security software to detect and remove any potential malware or tracking mechanisms that may have been deployed during the visit. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 3/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260628-42B3CF Favicon MD5: 459964293f37cd085bd5036bb4021385 TLS cert SHA-256: 740a6f46cea832f1d5917d40569e0bd62e21af5470b4ed91a869849bb1878c73 ## 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/allington-advisors.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=allington-advisors.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 172,271 domains (14,874 alive under monitoring, 156,851 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io