# PhishDestroy threat dossier — alpinechange.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-31 13:50:34 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/alpinechange.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: ethereum (and: ton) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 20/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Ermes, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Netcraft, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.12.237 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. 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: ["ines.ns.cloudflare.com", "west.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | ALPINECHANGE HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-04-15 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 66b3bc26d65b63be5206862d3743a6c29e8f66fb8ad49c3bc38edd1e347d14d9 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-01-20 02:20:35 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-05-31 13:20:39 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019bd932-cc1a-7731-85f1-74cefb8e20ec/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/3720ff68-04f2-4b52-a358-5e89c1de82bd Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/alpinechange.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.alpinechange.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=alpinechange.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/alpinechange.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/alpinechange.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-03 03:33:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies alpinechange.com as a high-risk cryptocurrency drainer domain masquerading as a legitimate exchange for Bitcoin and Ethereum, under the branding ALPINECHANGE. The domain was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED on February 21, 2026, and has since been associated with abusive crypto phishing activity that aims to illicitly capture users' digital assets. From a technical perspective, alpinechange.com resolves to IP address 172.67.153.236 and has been flagged by Google Safe Browsing for social engineering tactics. It currently appears on three security blocklists and is flagged by 20 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating widespread detection of malicious intent. The domain's page title misleadingly promotes a cryptocurrency exchange platform to entice victims into divulging sensitive information or transferring funds. Following detection and comprehensive analysis, the domain alpinechange.com has been taken offline to prevent further exploitation. Users are advised to avoid interacting with this domain or any similar phishing sites purporting to offer crypto exchange services. PhishDestroy continues to monitor related threats and encourages vigilance against social engineering and cryptographic theft attempts. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260120-23017D Favicon MD5: cf41c52036a28f79856fc2692edcb9d1 TLS cert SHA-256: 66b3bc26d65b63be5206862d3743a6c29e8f66fb8ad49c3bc38edd1e347d14d9 ## 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/alpinechange.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=alpinechange.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: 156,387 domains (38,630 alive under monitoring, 117,112 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io