# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ascendexen.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-14 07:26:54 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ascendexen.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Drainer ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Netcraft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — Trustname / Fewmoretaps OU !!! Trustname (IANA #4318) is a shell company declaring EUR 120 annual revenue, 1 employee, negative equity, Belarusian ownership. Explicitly advertises itself as 'bulletproof' in its DNS TXT records. Primary source: https://phishdestroy.io/trustname-bulletproof-exposed Nameservers: jasper.ns.cloudflare.com, ziggy.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-07 Expires: 2027-07-07 Page title: AscendEX HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-05 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 79516a67d8d1e5ca93b4df4121bb23aacd0ba89997438274a8e2e40ae4321e3c ## 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: 2026-07-07 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-11 16:21:28 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-12 17:18:34 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-14 09:15:43 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f518c-8f2d-76dc-8370-35722e618cce/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/63edf44c-3487-449f-828a-bcaba20c570b Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ascendexen.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ascendexen.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ascendexen.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ascendexen.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ascendexen.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-13 00:15:48 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Analysis of the domain ascendexen.com indicates an active crypto drainer phishing campaign targeting users of the AscendEX cryptocurrency exchange. The domain was registered on July 7, 2026, through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com, with nameservers jasper.ns.cloudflare.com and ziggy.ns.cloudflare.com pointing to Cloudflare infrastructure. It currently resolves to IP 188.114.96.3, located in Canada, and returns an HTTP 200 status, confirming operational status as of July 12, 2026. The page title explicitly displays 'AscendEX', aligning with the reported scam type of crypto drainer. Infrastructure review shows the use of Cloudflare services, including Browser Insights and HTTP/3, alongside jQuery for frontend functionality. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services (WE1), a common configuration for malicious domains leveraging Cloudflare's proxy. Detection remains limited, with only 3 of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal flagging the domain, and a single blocklist entry from PhishDestroy. This low detection rate may reflect recent registration rather than low risk, as crypto drainer campaigns often evade initial scans. Defenders should note the short domain lifespan (five days at time of analysis) and the use of a registrar historically associated with abuse. The Cloudflare proxy obscures origin server details, limiting attribution. Organizations are advised to block the domain and IP, monitor for related registrations under the same registrar, and alert users to the specific threat of crypto asset theft. The exact content and functionality of the site remain unanalyzed, but the combination of page title, scam type, and infrastructure strongly suggests an intent to deceive AscendEX users into connecting wallets to malicious smart contracts. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260712-93095D Favicon MD5: 50ec41fb68191b157dc92d60c9123806 TLS cert SHA-256: 79516a67d8d1e5ca93b4df4121bb23aacd0ba89997438274a8e2e40ae4321e3c ## 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/ascendexen.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ascendexen.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: 178,353 domains (50,030 alive under monitoring, 128,323 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io