# PhishDestroy threat dossier — arcus-app.top ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-23 14:12:47 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/arcus-app.top/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: LevelBlue URLQuery: 58 detections Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Global Domain Group LLC Nameservers: adam.ns.cloudflare.com, danica.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-19 Expires: 2027-07-19 Page title: Arcus Points Exchange HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 7656ab1b934b380b98524b868548b98f409debdb59c2c960f364a94ed214b213 ## 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: 2026-07-19 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-21 10:03:51 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-21 08:06:35 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-23 12:20:25 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-22 12:26:18 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f83b2-b156-76a0-ae85-f7fa38bfac53/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/eff359ff-71fe-477f-b694-45f98912786d Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/arcus-app.top crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.arcus-app.top Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=arcus-app.top AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/arcus-app.top URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/arcus-app.top/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-21 10:06:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] arcus-app.top — Generic Phishing Investigation Report Arcus-app.top was registered on July 19 2026 through Global Domain Group LLC and is currently active. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 188.114.97.3, and the authoritative name servers are adam.ns.cloudflare.com and danica.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating use of Cloudflare’s DNS service. VirusTotal analysis shows that one out of ninety‑five security vendors flagged the domain as malicious, providing an early indication of suspicious activity. The domain appears on a single public security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy feed, confirming that at least one anti‑phishing organization has observed malicious use. The threat classification supplied is generic phishing, and the risk level is assigned as high. No additional intelligence such as a page title, SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, or public threat‑intel identifiers (OTX, etc.) has been published, leaving those aspects of the infrastructure unverified at this time. Because the domain is recent, continuously resolves to the same IP, and is already being distributed by a blocklist, defenders should prioritize inbound and outbound filtering of traffic to 188.114.97.3 and consider adding arcus-app.top to local deny lists. Ongoing monitoring of DNS queries for the domain and its Cloudflare name servers is advised to detect any future changes in hosting or resolution patterns. Organizations employing web‑gateway or URL‑filtering solutions should ensure the domain is categorized as malicious to prevent credential harvesting attempts. The limited detection footprint suggests a low‑profile campaign, but the high‑risk rating warrants immediate defensive action. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260721-B70EAE Favicon MD5: 8b32de9a8a088d381d676b7296939006 TLS cert SHA-256: 7656ab1b934b380b98524b868548b98f409debdb59c2c960f364a94ed214b213 ## 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/arcus-app.top/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=arcus-app.top 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: 188,894 domains (58,543 alive under monitoring, 128,729 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io