# PhishDestroy threat dossier — beninmaritime.org
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 06:27:20 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/beninmaritime.org/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      7/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      31.7.65.231 (IR, Tehran)
ASN:             AS43754 Asiatech Data Transmission company
Hosting org:     Asiatech Data Transmission company
Registrar:       Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc
Nameservers:     ["irns1.netafraz.com", "irns2.netafraz.com"]
HTTP response:   301

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-08-11
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: a2d253623bbfc6f4613c18c28b39d37696e107ecc675969017fa445490b37548

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:38:01 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 08:20:23 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-20 01:56:37 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

beninmaritime.org — Generic Phishing Campaign

The domain beninmaritime.org is currently flagged as a high‑risk generic phishing infrastructure. Registration data shows the domain was created through Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc, a registrar known for bulk registrations. DNS resolution points to IP address 31.7.65.231, which is hosted by Asiatech Data Transmission in Iran and served by the nameservers irns1.netafraz.com and irns2.netafraz.com. The site presents an HTTP 301 redirect and is protected by a Let’s Encrypt R12 certificate, a common choice for malicious operators seeking valid‑looking TLS. Email services are indicated by an MX record for mail.beninmaritime.org (priority 10), suggesting the domain may be used for credential‑stealing or spoofed communications. Threat‑intel feeds corroborate the malicious profile: the domain appears on one security blocklist, is listed in four AlienVault OTX pulses, and has been blocked by the PhishDestroy sinkhole. VirusTotal analysis reports detections by seven of ninety‑one scanners, reinforcing the suspicion of phishing payloads. While the exact phishing lure (e.g., login clone, invoice bait) has not been publicly disclosed, the convergence of registration, hosting, TLS, and detection data indicates an active phishing operation. Defenders should block network resolution to 31.7.65.231, deny SMTP traffic to mail.beninmaritime.org, and add the domain to URL filtering rules. Continuous monitoring of the associated IP and any future VT scans is recommended to capture evolving payloads.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       78be9fbe79560d133c64a4d697364d1b
TLS cert SHA-256:      a2d253623bbfc6f4613c18c28b39d37696e107ecc675969017fa445490b37548

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/beninmaritime.org/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=beninmaritime.org
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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