# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-22 11:58:02 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 60/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Chong Lua Dao ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: Key-Systems GmbH Nameservers: dale.ns.cloudflare.com, vera.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2024-06-17 Page title: Just a moment... ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-06-27 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: aea82de764319597ab29a57dd77f14eb476462fa41da819de7370924e4d24511 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - gate-cryptolist.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: 2024-06-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-11 03:20:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-22 07:40:19 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-22 02:24:02 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d79e5-867d-7369-bb96-4e258e2d909f/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-11 03:22:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com as an active crypto-draining phishing domain first cataloged on June 17, 2024. The site impersonates Gate.io’s cryptocurrency interface and injects a drainer script that automatically transfers victims’ tokens to attacker-controlled wallets upon wallet connection. No known affiliation with Gate.io is acknowledged; the domain appears to be a standalone phishing kit targeting users searching for crypto listing pages. This domain was flagged by PhishDestroy with elevated risk after VirusTotal scanners returned a detection ratio of 1 out of 95 security vendors as of seed 213351. The domain is registered through Key-Systems GmbH, resolves to IP 188.114.97.3, and holds a valid Google Trust Services SSL certificate. Creation date is June 17, 2024, and the site remains unblocked by Google Safe Browsing. These technical indicators collectively confirm a recently spun up, minimally detected phishing asset with active infrastructure. At time of writing the domain remains active and responsive, indicating ongoing operation of the crypto drainer. Users are advised to avoid clicking links to ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com and to verify any Gate.io links via PhishDestroy’s live lookup tool. Because the drainer kit leverages wallet connection prompts, the remaining risk is elevated: funds may be drained in seconds upon interaction. Block the IP 188.114.97.3 at the firewall and report the domain to hosting providers for immediate takedown. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: df514a3d619cf73e361b6a3194d9c80b TLS cert SHA-256: aea82de764319597ab29a57dd77f14eb476462fa41da819de7370924e4d24511 ## 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/ancient8.gate-cryptolist.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ancient8.gate-cryptolist.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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io