# PhishDestroy threat dossier — asceswap.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 09:44:05 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/asceswap.com/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 22 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 57/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.198.79.1 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             ASAS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Nameservers:     ["ns1.dns-parking.com", "ns2.dns-parking.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      AsceSwap - Yield Derivatives Protocol

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-05-21
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: ce3cc581f66428589d24c7d4049817434425198688a4c19cc8e388406566a6c0

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## 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:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-20 23:29:39 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-03-31 01:28:04 UTC (STALE — 22 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-03-15 12:08:00 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 22 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 22 days stale)

Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means
the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered
by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution
research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands.

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019c7d60-bc10-7116-a0c0-4bf9bba9a734/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/0268cfd3-5b03-4ba5-a123-a3e8d360d0e5
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/asceswap.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.asceswap.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=asceswap.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/asceswap.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/asceswap.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 05:51:37 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies asceswap.com as a low-risk generic phishing domain associated with a yield derivatives protocol. It was created recently, raising concerns about its legitimacy.

The domain was registered through HOSTINGER operations, UAB, resolving to IP 216.198.79.1. It appears on one security blocklist and has a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100. VirusTotal flagged it with minimal detections, indicating limited but notable suspicion.

Currently, asceswap.com is taken offline, reducing immediate risk. Users are advised to avoid visiting or submitting personal information to this domain until further verification confirms its safety.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/93 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260220-716572
Favicon MD5:       c65360b776b6ae071189e18cdb4748eb
TLS cert SHA-256:      ce3cc581f66428589d24c7d4049817434425198688a4c19cc8e388406566a6c0

## 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/asceswap.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=asceswap.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

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