# PhishDestroy threat dossier — app-thorswap.finance
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 07:02:54 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/app-thorswap.finance/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Thorchain

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: CRDF
AlienVault OTX:  3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.132.167 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameSilo, LLC

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!!
NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about
received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com)
for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our
X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence.
Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket —
NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received.
Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter
  https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed

Nameservers:     ["poppy.ns.cloudflare.com", "ignat.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Just a moment...

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-05-18
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 216079319f4c2ff2ffa874365fda89450c25d865474bd1a0b408752f37b8919b

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:21:46 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-17 13:12:45 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-02 20:28:35 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/0198f4b0-9ef7-7483-a027-af0196b08c08/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/app-thorswap.finance
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.app-thorswap.finance
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=app-thorswap.finance
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/app-thorswap.finance
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/app-thorswap.finance/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:35:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies app-thorswap.finance as a brand impersonation domain targeting Thorchain users. Classified as low risk, it mimics the Thorchain brand to deceive visitors.

This domain was created on February 21, 2026, registered through NameSilo, LLC, and resolves to IP 172.67.132.167. It appears in 3 security blocklists and has been flagged by 1 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors. AlienVault OTX reports its presence in 3 threat intelligence pulses.

The domain is currently offline, reducing immediate risk. Users and security teams should remain cautious and block this domain to prevent potential phishing attempts. PhishDestroy continues monitoring for any reactivation.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      216079319f4c2ff2ffa874365fda89450c25d865474bd1a0b408752f37b8919b

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/app-thorswap.finance/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=app-thorswap.finance
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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