# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bytevngen.net
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 15:48:18 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bytevngen.net/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 66/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Generic Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/94 security vendors flagged this domain
URLQuery:        2 detections

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.87.251 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NAMECHEAP INC
Nameservers:     collins.ns.cloudflare.com, johnny.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-03-29
Page title:      CODE COMPILER
HTTP response:   429

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-06-27
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 8667242b00a0282da87a82b83bd39a3156a01be35b55a44b9366e3f04446637e

## 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: 2026-03-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-03-31 03:26:21 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-03-31 00:27:24 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-22 07:40:22 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-21 22:03:07 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/019d4147-fa23-74eb-9ab9-9bbcaf5db1af/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/eb12ae28-6520-4f7c-87b8-5094ba7fd342
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/bytevngen.net
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bytevngen.net
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bytevngen.net
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bytevngen.net
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bytevngen.net/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-31 03:26:48 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies bytevngen.net as an active scam domain designed to impersonate account verification services, currently under investigation for phishing-related threats.

This domain was flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, registered through NAMECHEAP INC on March 29, 2026, and resolves to IP 104.21.87.251. It holds a Google Trust Services SSL certificate, indicating deceptive legitimacy, though no major blocklists have flagged it yet.

Users are advised to avoid interacting with bytevngen.net. Report suspicious activity to your IT security team or use PhishDestroy’s real-time threat database. Always verify URLs and SSL certificates before submitting sensitive information.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 3/94 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260331-EEE82D
Favicon MD5:       1931139b4d50427a06105509f8f127ef
TLS cert SHA-256:      8667242b00a0282da87a82b83bd39a3156a01be35b55a44b9366e3f04446637e

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