# PhishDestroy threat dossier — base-eth5x.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-01 14:37:20 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/base-eth5x.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 78/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Targeted brand: Base

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      76.76.21.21 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     Vercel, Inc
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["etienne.ns.cloudflare.com", "kami.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-05-21
Page title:      BaseX — BASEX | ETH5X Reserve Meme Token on Base

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-08-18
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 411f981f9d4ae7d0ffb77e2a3f73a680387038880fa07ef388391040845e21a4

## 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: 2026-05-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-21 14:00:08 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 06:49:07 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-01 16:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-24 00:12:51 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:52:59 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies base-eth5x.com as a domain posing a specific threat of brand impersonation, where attackers aim to deceive users into interacting with a fake website mimicking the legitimate Base platform. 
   
This domain was flagged due to various indicators, including its appearance on 3 security blocklists, being registered through Cloudflare, Inc. on May 21, 2026, and resolving to the IP address 76.76.21.21, with 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagging it as potentially malicious, further highlighting the risks associated with this domain.

Users who may have visited base-eth5x.com should exercise extreme caution, as the domain's intent is to impersonate Base, potentially leading to unintended consequences, and are advised to monitor their accounts and systems for any signs of unauthorized activity, ensuring their security and taking immediate action if any suspicious behavior is detected.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       3a1ee20972146b87f48a760361b51c2e
TLS cert SHA-256:      411f981f9d4ae7d0ffb77e2a3f73a680387038880fa07ef388391040845e21a4

## 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/base-eth5x.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=base-eth5x.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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