# PhishDestroy threat dossier — asteraxtrade.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-15 03:29:46 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/asteraxtrade.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 65/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.175.64 (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: greg.ns.cloudflare.com, miki.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-11 Expires: 2027-07-11 Page title: Application placeholder HTTP response: 200 ## 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: 2026-07-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-11 16:00:25 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-15 04:20:41 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f5179-f64c-765b-9eab-f6f255ac5dcc/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/asteraxtrade.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.asteraxtrade.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=asteraxtrade.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/asteraxtrade.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/asteraxtrade.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-11 16:31:27 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as a credential-harvesting phishing site targeting cryptocurrency users. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is designed to mimic legitimate trading platforms, tricking victims into entering wallet credentials, private keys, or two-factor authentication codes. The site employs social engineering tactics, including fake trading dashboards and withdrawal interfaces, to create a false sense of legitimacy while exfiltrating sensitive financial data to attacker-controlled servers. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple high-risk indicators. The domain was registered on July 11, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with malicious domains. It resolves to IP address 172.67.175.64, which is hosted on a content delivery network known for obfuscating attacker infrastructure. The domain appears on 3 security blocklists, including specialized cryptocurrency threat feeds, and is flagged by 1 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. The SSL certificate, issued by Google Trust Services, provides HTTPS encryption but does not validate the site's legitimacy, a common tactic to evade browser security warnings. Users who have interacted with asteraxtrade.com should immediately revoke any entered credentials or private keys. If cryptocurrency wallet information was submitted, transfer assets to a new wallet with a fresh seed phrase and private key. Monitor linked accounts for unauthorized transactions and enable additional authentication layers, such as hardware-based 2FA. Network administrators should block the domain and its resolving IP at the perimeter level to prevent further access. Given the domain's active status and high-risk indicators, all interactions should be treated as compromised until proven otherwise. ## 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/asteraxtrade.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=asteraxtrade.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: 178,962 domains (50,566 alive under monitoring, 128,396 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io