# PhishDestroy threat dossier — beninmaritime.net
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Fetched:   2026-06-21 23:29:46 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/beninmaritime.net/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 94/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      159.198.74.107 (US, San Jose)
Hosting org:     AS22612 Namecheap, Inc.
Registrar:       NameSilo, LLC

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!!
NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about
received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com)
for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our
X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence.
Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket —
NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received.
Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter
  https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed

Nameservers:     ns1.beninmaritime.net, ns2.beninmaritime.net, server1.beninmaritime.bj
Registered:      2025-06-23
Expires:         2027-06-23

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-08-12
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: dd5ed2219c8e6fcf67eb72e058905a14384e74c80f52d6171da17befc9d98447
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.beninmaritime.net

## 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: 2025-06-23 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-21 16:16:49 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 00:40:09 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-22 00:02:43 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/019eea89-1d83-71f4-af76-8d6fe81f3d24/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/beninmaritime.net
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.beninmaritime.net
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=beninmaritime.net
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/beninmaritime.net
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/beninmaritime.net/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-21 22:34:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The beninmaritime[.]net domain is currently active and presents itself as a generic scam, with no specific brand imitation identified. It is hosted on the IP 159.198.74.107 in San Jose, US, by Namecheap, Inc, with the registrar being NameSilo, LLC. The domain was created on 2025-06-23 and first detected by PhishDestroy on 2026-06-21. According to VirusTotal, 3 out of 91 vendors flag this domain as malicious, and it is listed on 1 public blocklist, including PhishDestroy. The domain has an SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, which may contribute to its appearance of legitimacy. Defenders should block access to beninmaritime[.]net to prevent potential phishing attacks.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      dd5ed2219c8e6fcf67eb72e058905a14384e74c80f52d6171da17befc9d98447

## 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/beninmaritime.net/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=beninmaritime.net
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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