# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bettermentinc.pro ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 05:21:24 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bettermentinc.pro/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Netcraft, PhishFort URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 198.251.89.161 (LU, Luxembourg) ASN: AS53667 FranTech Solutions Hosting org: FranTech Solutions Registrar: TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown Nameservers: ns21.my-control-panel.com, ns22.my-control-panel.com Registered: 2026-03-04 Expires: 2027-03-04 Page title: Home - Betterment Inc. HTTP response: 200 ## 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: 2026-03-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 05:33:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 04:25:24 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 04:24:31 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa1ab-b5e5-70de-affa-8600b3b7b91f/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/ef69a58c-8346-48d6-b408-0ed5e1b3eed8 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/bettermentinc.pro crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bettermentinc.pro Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bettermentinc.pro AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bettermentinc.pro URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bettermentinc.pro/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 05:35:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] bettermentinc.pro: Confirmed Phishing Site bettermentinc.pro is currently active and has been classified as a generic phishing site with a high risk rating. Registration records show the domain was created on March 04, 2026 and was registered through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown. The authoritative nameservers are ns21.my-control-panel.com and ns22.my-control-panel.com, which are typical of shared hosting control panels. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 198.251.89.161. No additional hosting details such as ASN or geographic location are provided in the available data. Threat intelligence indicates that the domain is listed on one external security blocklist and has been blocked by the PhishDestroy sinkhole network. On VirusTotal the domain was flagged by five of ninety‑one scanning engines, confirming that a subset of security products have identified malicious behavior associated with the domain. The exact detection signatures or payload descriptions are not disclosed, so the full scope of the phishing campaign remains uncertain. The risk level is designated as high, reflecting the combination of recent creation, active status, and vendor detections. No SSL/TLS certificate information is present, which may indicate the site is using default or self‑signed certificates, a common trait of short‑lived phishing infrastructure. The lack of publicly disclosed page title or brand targeting leaves the specific lure unknown, highlighting the need for network‑level blocking rather than content‑based filtering. Given the observed indicators—recent registration, control‑panel nameservers, single‑blocklist appearance, and multiple vendor detections—defenders should treat any traffic to bettermentinc.pro as hostile. Recommended mitigation steps include adding the domain to local deny lists, updating DNS filtering services to block the resolved IP address 198.251.89.161, and monitoring for any future appearances on additional blocklists or reputation services. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-F91C5C Favicon MD5: 7b7efc3662e04eabfc7300467d97e75e ## 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/bettermentinc.pro/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bettermentinc.pro 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: 192,641 domains (82,932 alive under monitoring, 107,873 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io