# PhishDestroy threat dossier — binance-channel.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-30 19:34:00 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/binance-channel.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 86/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Targeted brand: Binance

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      17/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue, Lionic, Seclookup, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      176.123.1.175 (MD, Chisinau)
ASN:             AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL
Hosting org:     Alexhost SRL
Registrar:       Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — Trustname / Fewmoretaps OU !!!
Trustname (IANA #4318) is a shell company declaring EUR 120 annual revenue, 1
employee, negative equity, Belarusian ownership. Explicitly advertises itself as
'bulletproof' in its DNS TXT records. Primary source:
  https://phishdestroy.io/trustname-bulletproof-exposed

Nameservers:     ["ares.trustname.com", "zeus.trustname.com"]
Registered:      2026-04-28
HTTP response:   404

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-07-12
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 0580341c49ac7ce6ec437356204075809228e3dad3aa380e246fda0c38208971
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.binance-channel.com

## 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: 2026-04-28 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-28 19:30:25 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-30 00:54:54 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-29 12:18:18 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-28 20:30:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Threat Overview
The domain binance-channel[.]com has been identified as a phishing website designed to impersonate Binance. This malicious site targets cryptocurrency users by creating a convincing replica of the legitimate Binance platform.
Attack Vector
The phishing site attempts to trick users into connecting their wallets or entering their seed phrases and private keys. Once captured, the attackers use these credentials to drain victims' cryptocurrency holdings.
Risk Indicators

- Domain registered on a standard TLD (com)
- Contains brand keywords associated with Binance
- Domain length: 19 characters

Recommendations
Always access Binance through the official website. Never enter your seed phrase or private keys on any website. Use hardware wallets for additional security.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       4e7d2343939ad9980909148d2052afac
TLS cert SHA-256:      0580341c49ac7ce6ec437356204075809228e3dad3aa380e246fda0c38208971

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