# PhishDestroy threat dossier — apexnetpay.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-04 13:56:49 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/apexnetpay.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Netcraft
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island)
ASN:             AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE
Hosting org:     MIT
Registrar:       Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu
Nameservers:     dns1.lytehosting.com, dns2.lytehosting.com, dns3.lytehosting.com, dns4.lytehosting.com
Registered:      2026-03-17
Expires:         2027-03-17
Page title:      Apexnetpay| The Smarter Way To Invest
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-08-15
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: dcd2ae473aeec6ddf7f1de64239b2dad0ebfe34542b5856818ed4a4776849a16

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-03-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-01 04:18:29 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-01 02:38:59 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-04 12:20:36 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f1b77-9b24-75d7-997c-4db9901c9e07/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/b5c797b8-8909-4fc8-9d91-60a1573de4b9
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/apexnetpay.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.apexnetpay.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=apexnetpay.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/apexnetpay.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/apexnetpay.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-01 04:24:53 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

apexnetpay.com impersonates an investment platform under the title Apexnetpay| The Smarter Way To Invest. The site targets visitors with credential harvesting forms and fund transfer prompts typical of generic phishing operations.

Infrastructure analysis reveals registration through Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu, issuance of a Let's Encrypt certificate, resolution to IP 163.61.188.7, domain creation on March 17 2026, 1/95 VirusTotal detections, and listing on exactly one security blocklist.

Users who submitted data should immediately reset associated account credentials from a clean device, review transaction logs for unauthorized activity, and report the URL to their security team for blocklist updates.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260701-0179CE
Favicon MD5:       a07a7f527974a900aa170c08b84ea1b1
TLS cert SHA-256:      dcd2ae473aeec6ddf7f1de64239b2dad0ebfe34542b5856818ed4a4776849a16

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/apexnetpay.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=apexnetpay.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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