# PhishDestroy threat dossier — arcusdex.net ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-22 23:04:57 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/arcusdex.net/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange Targeted brand: Investment Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, Fortinet Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.184.219 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: dilbert.ns.cloudflare.com, liv.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-16 Expires: 2027-07-16 Page title: Arcus DEX | Arcus Trading Platform, Exchange & Crypto Trading HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: dd3600f8cd53a8c2a7046fba0f98da8f0113c682cd3547a47a756e4dd835a186 ## 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: 2026-07-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-21 05:06:40 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-23 00:25:26 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f82a3-00cc-7755-9203-00691f2f925d/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/arcusdex.net crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.arcusdex.net Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=arcusdex.net AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/arcusdex.net URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/arcusdex.net/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-21 05:08:41 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] arcusdex.net — Phishing Investigation Report arcusdex.net was registered on July 16, 2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. The domain resolves to the Cloudflare‑owned address 172.67.184.219 and uses the Cloudflare authoritative nameservers dilbert.ns.cloudflare.com and liv.ns.cloudflare.com. As of the report date, the domain remains active and is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist, with a single additional external blocklist entry. VirusTotal analysis shows that two of ninety‑five scanned security vendors have flagged the domain as malicious, indicating limited but present detection consensus. The limited number of detections suggests the payload or hosting may be newly deployed or employing evasion techniques that have not yet been widely catalogued. No further public intelligence such as Safe Browsing status, OTX mentions, or SSL certificate details is available in the current dataset. The classification provided is generic phishing, and the risk level is high, implying that the domain is likely being used to harvest credentials or other sensitive information. Defenders should proactively block the domain at network perimeter controls, update DNS filtering policies to include the observed IP address 172.67.184.219, and monitor for any traffic to the associated Cloudflare nameservers. Additional telemetry should be collected, including HTTP response codes and page content, to improve detection coverage. Continuous re‑evaluation is recommended, as the detection landscape may evolve with further vendor scans or blocklist additions. Because the site’s page title, SSL fingerprint, and any observed redirect behavior have not been published, analysts cannot confirm the exact phishing vector or target brand. The short interval between registration and detection indicates a rapid deployment, which is typical for opportunistic campaigns. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 89f7ea5f164b45bfa264d547f0fb1524 TLS cert SHA-256: dd3600f8cd53a8c2a7046fba0f98da8f0113c682cd3547a47a756e4dd835a186 ## 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/arcusdex.net/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=arcusdex.net 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: 188,484 domains (57,762 alive under monitoring, 129,097 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io