# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cakto.app ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-23 05:58:07 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cakto.app/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 14/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot AlienVault OTX: 50 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: nia.ns.cloudflare.com, stanley.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2024-02-15 Expires: 2027-02-15 Page title: Not Found HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2c283a4c1b41e43642a402d1a3df7144048cb4ced6da8073d8c2de29aa945aba ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2024-02-15 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-21 14:51:07 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-21 12:53:15 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-23 04:20:23 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-22 00:26:26 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f84b9-ecd2-7105-b73c-f7e30a38cc0e/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/c1a56b7d-9bf1-44eb-b8d3-63f5d50c3591 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/cakto.app crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cakto.app Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cakto.app AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cakto.app URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cakto.app/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-21 14:51:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] cakto.app Safety Check — Generic Phishing Detected The domain cakto.app was registered on 15 February 2024 through GoDaddy.com, LLC and is currently resolved to the address 188.114.96.3. Cloudflare hosts the domain, as indicated by the authoritative nameservers nia.ns.cloudflare.com and stanley.ns.cloudflare.com. VirusTotal reports that fourteen of ninety‑five scanned security engines flag the domain, indicating a non‑trivial detection rate across multiple vendors. The domain is listed on one public security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy sink‑hole, confirming its classification as a phishing infrastructure. No additional intelligence such as SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, page title, or targeted brand information is publicly available at this time, limiting the ability to describe the exact content served. Analysis therefore relies on the observed infrastructure and vendor detections. The presence of multiple detections and blocklist entries suggests the domain is actively used for credential‑ harvesting or similar credential‑stealing campaigns. Defenders should add 188.114.96.3 and the host name cakto.app to network‑level deny lists, enforce DNS filtering against known blocklists, and monitor for any outbound connections to the identified IP address. Continuous re‑scanning on VirusTotal and other sandbox services is recommended to capture any payload evolution. Organizations employing email security gateways should treat messages containing links to this domain as malicious and quarantine them. Because the domain remains active, ongoing observation of the associated Cloudflare nameservers may reveal additional sub‑domains or related infrastructure that should be incorporated into threat‑intel feeds. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260721-C26E90 TLS cert SHA-256: 2c283a4c1b41e43642a402d1a3df7144048cb4ced6da8073d8c2de29aa945aba ## 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/cakto.app/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cakto.app 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: 188,643 domains (58,705 alive under monitoring, 128,313 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io