# PhishDestroy threat dossier — apexlendinggroup.us ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-23 23:20:55 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/apexlendinggroup.us/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Certego, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos AlienVault OTX: 3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 51.81.242.28 (US, Hillsboro) ASN: AS16276 OVH SAS Hosting org: OVH US LLC Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ns25.domaincontrol.com, ns26.domaincontrol.com Registered: 2023-12-07 Expires: 2026-12-07 Page title: Apex Lending – Apex Lending Group HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-09-14 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 934b35cfb2fee3ef611978cba669ead8fdcebafb02b5aab42e170d144fc54901 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.apexlendinggroup.us ## 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: 2023-12-07 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-15 15:34:50 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-24 00:20:30 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f65fb-f61a-776b-8612-a16506ed302b/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/apexlendinggroup.us crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.apexlendinggroup.us Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=apexlendinggroup.us AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/apexlendinggroup.us URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/apexlendinggroup.us/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-15 15:40:26 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] apexlendinggroup.us Generic Phishing Alert The domain apexlendinggroup.us was registered on 2023-12-07 through GoDaddy.com, LLC and is served by the authoritative name servers ns25.domaincontrol.com and ns26.domaincontrol.com. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 51.81.242.28, which remains active as of the report date. The domain appears in three AlienVault OTX threat pulses, indicating prior community reporting of malicious use. No public content analysis or page‑title information is currently available, so the specific credential‑stealing tactics or targeted brand cannot be confirmed. Infrastructure observations suggest the operator relies on a reputable registrar and shared hosting name servers, a pattern commonly used to blend with legitimate traffic. Defenders should add apexlendinggroup.us to block lists, monitor DNS queries for the associated IP address, and enforce strict email filtering for messages that reference the domain. Continued observation is recommended to determine whether the site begins hosting phishing pages or other malicious payloads. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: e417c738df178f57516e5d02a428459c TLS cert SHA-256: 934b35cfb2fee3ef611978cba669ead8fdcebafb02b5aab42e170d144fc54901 ## 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 (operator 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/apexlendinggroup.us/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=apexlendinggroup.us 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 188,963 domains (58,390 alive under monitoring, 128,955 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io