# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cetus-sui.app
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Fetched:   2026-06-21 22:29:33 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cetus-sui.app/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Sui

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet
URLQuery:        1 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.148.193 (US, San Francisco)
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!!
NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with
illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict

Nameservers:     ivy.ns.cloudflare.com, kareem.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-05-25
Expires:         2027-05-25
Page title:      Just a moment...

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-08-25
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: e51d752c961de59b82d0806893c6994a0a82f6ce7898861c5fc040bfb878a545

## 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: 2026-05-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-01 01:36:47 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-05-31 22:43:11 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 00:20:33 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-10 00:33:07 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/019e802d-4864-75d8-aa5f-aee881579621/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/a7fa0e52-41df-4dc0-90b8-b76a16b2533e
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/cetus-sui.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cetus-sui.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cetus-sui.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cetus-sui.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cetus-sui.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:44:30 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain poses a specific threat as it impersonates Sui, aiming to deceive users into revealing sensitive information, which could lead to financial losses or identity theft. The evidence suggests that cetus-sui.app was created on May 25, 2026, and is registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, with a Let's Encrypt E8 SSL certificate, and 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flag this domain, while it also appears on 1 security blocklist. 
   
   The technical indicators, such as resolving to IP 172.67.148.193 and having a page title of 'Just a moment...', further support the notion that cetus-sui.app is a malicious entity, now taken offline, but users who may have visited this site should exercise extreme caution and immediately verify their accounts on the official Sui platform to ensure no unauthorized activity has occurred, and report any suspicious transactions to prevent further damage.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260531-20A588
Favicon MD5:       71041476ded27a009b3b62e1ed470308
TLS cert SHA-256:      e51d752c961de59b82d0806893c6994a0a82f6ce7898861c5fc040bfb878a545

## 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/cetus-sui.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cetus-sui.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

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