# PhishDestroy threat dossier — astarexchange.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-09 05:15:52 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/astarexchange.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- STATUS STALE — last probed 39 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified Composite threat score: 68/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: Curve (and: ethereum, mastercard, solana, sui, tron) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Seclookup Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.191.185 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc. Nameservers: 1 Registered: 2025-06-02 Expires: 2025-08-03 Page title: Buy/Sell Bitcoin, Ether and Altcoins | Cryptocurrency Exchange | A-Star Exchange ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-04-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f57f195fef37a313d7555b3f781555b67281aefc6308c9f8f3b7bb82a3b8381e ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED AND IGNORED — Tucows Domains Inc. did not act on these notifications. (Live-status flag is stale — last probe 39 days ago.) Reports filed: 1 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-01-28 07:36:00 UTC Days since first notice: 100 — no registrar action, domain remains online Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds, OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent. Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies. Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/astarexchange.com/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-06-02 (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) First reported: 2026-01-28 07:36:01 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-03-31 00:47:41 UTC (STALE — 39 days ago, re-verify) Flagged dead: 2026-03-15 12:08:00 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 39 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed) Current status: UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 39 days stale) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019849b9-1166-76da-a9fa-33aeb1f8783b/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/astarexchange.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.astarexchange.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=astarexchange.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/astarexchange.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/astarexchange.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-24 00:35:46 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy categorizes astarexchange.com as a low-risk brand impersonation threat primarily targeting the financial brand Curve. The domain attempts to mimic legitimate cryptocurrency exchange services. Evidence shows the domain was registered recently and is associated with poor trust scores: 1/100 on Scamadviser and Gridinsoft, flagged on one security blocklist, and only one low-severity alert on VirusTotal. The site resolved to IP 172.67.191.185 and used infrastructure from Tucows Domains Inc. Currently, astarexchange.com is offline, reducing immediate danger. Users are advised to remain vigilant and avoid interacting with suspicious domains claiming affiliation with trusted brands. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1769585737-astarexchange.c Favicon MD5: 576ab5eec86723fc67017db3c53f04e6 TLS cert SHA-256: f57f195fef37a313d7555b3f781555b67281aefc6308c9f8f3b7bb82a3b8381e ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/astarexchange.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=astarexchange.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 147,440 domains (45,267 alive under monitoring, 101,904 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io