# PhishDestroy threat dossier — apyx-financial.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-05 17:04:27 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/apyx-financial.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: BitDefender, CRDF, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: adam.ns.cloudflare.com, danica.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-30 Expires: 2027-06-30 Page title: APYX.FI — Governance vote portal HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-28 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 16c65541079197d8034b38216cd941d74d76ec91f579dbdbb080f6b2ed1da700 ## 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: 2026-06-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-05 15:57:34 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-05 18:50:02 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f3291-231c-7058-baf6-5176403fa4c6/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/apyx-financial.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.apyx-financial.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=apyx-financial.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/apyx-financial.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/apyx-financial.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-05 16:04:39 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, apyx-financial.com, is currently flagged as an active high-risk phishing threat targeting users of the APYX.FI governance vote portal. Analysis indicates the site employs social engineering tactics to deceive visitors into disclosing sensitive credentials or financial information under the guise of legitimate governance participation. The domain is explicitly designed to impersonate the authentic APYX.FI platform, leveraging a nearly identical page title and visual elements to enhance credibility. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 30, 2026, through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3 and utilizes an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services, which may contribute to its deceptive appearance of legitimacy. Detection metrics indicate the domain is flagged by 6 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, with one active security blocklist entry. Additionally, the domain appears in one AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulse, further corroborating its malicious classification. Google Safe Browsing has explicitly categorized this domain under the SOCIAL_ENGINEERING threat type. As of the latest assessment, apyx-financial.com remains active and poses a significant risk to users unfamiliar with the legitimate APYX.FI governance infrastructure. Organizations and individuals are strongly advised to block access to this domain at the network level and update endpoint protection rules to include this indicator of compromise. Users should verify the authenticity of governance portals by cross-referencing official communications from APYX.FI and avoiding interaction with unsolicited or suspicious domains. Security teams are recommended to monitor for additional domains registered under the same registrar or resolving to the identified IP address, as these may represent related phishing infrastructure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: ec462b4602f290fd785e0fb4f3193cb0 TLS cert SHA-256: 16c65541079197d8034b38216cd941d74d76ec91f579dbdbb080f6b2ed1da700 ## 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/apyx-financial.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=apyx-financial.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 174,934 domains (13,481 alive under monitoring, 160,565 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io