# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cestus-zone.pro ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-30 17:28:20 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cestus-zone.pro/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Trust Wallet ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: alfred.ns.cloudflare.com, deborah.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-22 Expires: 2027-05-22 Page title: Cetus — Vote HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-20 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b1cb1b4b984dd4fbb1ec6e7e07477c3395cefaec199fdf327d173fe278f56517 ## 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: 2026-05-22 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-23 16:22:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-23 13:22:17 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-05-30 20:15:41 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e54fe-6698-733e-9a59-b0dfddbca207/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/f9c46473-342d-4e52-bbb2-a72c5c55fcdb Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/cestus-zone.pro crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cestus-zone.pro Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cestus-zone.pro AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cestus-zone.pro URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cestus-zone.pro/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-05-23 16:22:58 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies cestus-zone.pro as an active crypto drainer impersonating Trust Wallet, currently under investigation with a high-risk status. The domain was registered on May 22, 2026, through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com and resolves to IP 188.114.97.3. Critical indicators include a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate and zero detections across 95 VirusTotal vendors, though no blocklist counts were provided. Trust scores remain unverified at this stage. Technical analysis reveals several red flags associated with this domain. The absence of VirusTotal detections, despite active abuse, suggests this is a newly deployed threat with evasion tactics in play. The registrant’s use of PDR Ltd. (a known bulk-registration provider) and the recent creation date (May 22, 2026) indicate opportunistic misuse of freshly minted infrastructure. The IP address 188.114.97.3 is shared across multiple suspicious domains, increasing its risk profile. While the SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt doesn’t inherently indicate malice, its presence may be leveraged to deceive users into trusting the domain. As of this advisory, cestus-zone.pro remains active and poses a credible threat to cryptocurrency users, particularly those interacting with Trust Wallet. Immediate containment is recommended: update DNS blocklists to include the domain and IP, flag the SSL certificate for inspection, and notify Trust Wallet’s security team for takedown coordination. Organizations should also reinforce user awareness regarding unsolicited wallet connection requests. Continuous monitoring for new domains mimicking Trust Wallet is advised, given the threat actor’s likely use of similar naming conventions. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 3 feeds ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260523-4864B1 TLS cert SHA-256: b1cb1b4b984dd4fbb1ec6e7e07477c3395cefaec199fdf327d173fe278f56517 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cestus-zone.pro/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cestus-zone.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 156,125 domains (37,249 alive under monitoring, 118,475 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io