# PhishDestroy threat dossier — asterextrade.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 02:19:22 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/asterextrade.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs Composite threat score: 57/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Airdrop Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) 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: kaiser.ns.cloudflare.com, sandra.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-11 Expires: 2027-07-11 Page title: Aster airdrop ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-09 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: ed010ba13f930823131f23aee313f6d21e6513fb6e2d91bd96bb4a2298637dc1 ## 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: 2026-07-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-13 01:32:46 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-13 03:00:07 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f58b1-d95e-7382-b7ad-ae79785d5c8c/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/asterextrade.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.asterextrade.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=asterextrade.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/asterextrade.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/asterextrade.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-13 02:09:17 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 asterextrade.com indicates it is actively engaged in phishing operations targeting users of the Aster platform, as evidenced by its page title 'Aster airdrop.' The domain was registered on July 11, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3, which may be part of a broader hosting pattern used for phishing campaigns. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, a common practice among threat actors to lend superficial legitimacy to malicious sites. At the time of assessment, 11 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal have flagged asterextrade.com as malicious, corroborating its classification as a high-risk domain. The domain remains active as of July 13, 2026, with no indications of takedown or mitigation efforts. The specific content and mechanics of the phishing scheme are not yet fully analyzed, but the presence of the 'Aster airdrop' page title suggests an attempt to exploit users expecting cryptocurrency or token distributions. Defenders should prioritize blocking this domain at the DNS and network levels, as well as monitoring for related infrastructure, such as the IP address 188.114.97.3, which may host additional malicious domains. Given the recent registration date and active status, further monitoring of domains registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED is recommended to identify emerging threats. No additional brand or scam categorization beyond the observed page title is currently available. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 7ba2bec69908efb101d955cbf5000c3f TLS cert SHA-256: ed010ba13f930823131f23aee313f6d21e6513fb6e2d91bd96bb4a2298637dc1 ## 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/asterextrade.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=asterextrade.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: 178,008 domains (49,742 alive under monitoring, 128,266 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io