# PhishDestroy threat dossier — checker.exchange ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-25 00:32:15 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/checker.exchange/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- STATUS STALE — last probed 24 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified Composite threat score: 86/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: Solana ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, Fortinet, Kaspersky, SOCRadar URLQuery: 1 detections Public blocklists: listed on 4 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. 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: bryce.ns.cloudflare.com, carol.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-02-25 Expires: 2027-02-23 Page title: Airdrop Checker - Backpack: Crypto Exchange & Wallet | Solana, Ethereum & BTC ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-02-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-26 00:41:55 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-25 21:42:58 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-03-31 01:30:00 UTC (STALE — 24 days ago, re-verify) Flagged dead: 2026-03-02 22:08:43 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 24 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed) Current status: UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 24 days stale) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019c96bf-c1de-755a-8f02-4a0ddfc821b4/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/45e5d580-c8cf-4269-818c-0467ff0fdaf3 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/checker.exchange crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.checker.exchange Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=checker.exchange AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/checker.exchange URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/checker.exchange/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 05:19:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies checker.exchange as a medium-risk brand impersonation threat targeting Solana users. The domain mimics Solana-related services, potentially misleading users into trusting fraudulent offers or airdrops. Brand impersonation matters because it undermines trust and can lead to theft of sensitive crypto assets. checker.exchange was registered on February 25, 2026, via NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and resolves to IP 188.114.97.3. It appeared on four security blocklists and was flagged by 4 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors. The domain is currently offline, suggesting it may have been taken down following detection efforts. Users should avoid interacting with checker.exchange or providing personal information to sites claiming to be affiliated with Solana unless verified through official channels. Always verify domain authenticity, especially when dealing with crypto wallets or airdrops. Using trusted security tools and reporting suspicious domains helps protect the community from similar brand impersonation scams. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260225-EAA33A ## 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/checker.exchange/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=checker.exchange 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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io