# PhishDestroy threat dossier — athcheck.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-05-26 00:07:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/athcheck.xyz/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: wallet_connect_phish
Targeted brand: solana
Wallet drainer: Angel Drainer

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      11/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, Ermes, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 4 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      95.85.239.0 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
ASN:             ASAS215826 Partner-Hosting-LTD Partner Hosting LTD, GB
Hosting org:     AS200823 MHost LLC
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:     gannon.ns.cloudflare.com, raegan.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-12-05
Page title:      ATHcheck - Discover Your Missed Gains
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2025-12-05 (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:    2025-12-05 18:05:09 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-26 01:29:37 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-28 05:46:19 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019aefb0-16a5-775d-a3b8-79585976f79a/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/athcheck.xyz
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.athcheck.xyz
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=athcheck.xyz
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/athcheck.xyz
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/athcheck.xyz/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 02:03:02 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies athcheck.xyz as a high-risk crypto drainer domain targeting users’ cryptocurrency assets. This threat is significant because it employs the Angel Drainer kit, designed to illicitly extract digital funds from victims, posing substantial financial risk to individuals engaging with the site.

The domain athcheck.xyz was registered on December 5, 2025, through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and resolved to IP address 95.85.239.0. It appeared in one AlienVault OTX pulse, was flagged by 10 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and was listed on three security blocklists. The domain's page title, "ATHcheck - Discover Your Missed Gains," was used to lure victims. Currently, the domain is offline, reducing immediate threat but remaining a relevant indicator of compromise.

Users should avoid visiting athcheck.xyz or engaging with any associated links or communications. It is critical to maintain updated security software, monitor wallets for unauthorized activity, and report suspicious domains. Awareness of such crypto drainer campaigns is vital to protect digital assets from theft and malware infections.

## 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/athcheck.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=athcheck.xyz
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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