# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cityindextrading.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 14:09:45 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cityindextrading.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 192.142.10.5 (NL, Amsterdam) ASN: ASAS214036 ULTAHOST-AS Ultahost, Inc., US Hosting org: AS214036 Ultahost, Inc. Registrar: Ultahost, Inc. Nameservers: ns1.ultahost.com, ns2.ultahost.com, ns3.ultahost.com, ns4.ultahost.com Registered: 2026-03-05 Expires: 2027-03-05 Page title: City Index Trading – Digital Trading System HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-30 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 4a4b0539ae5732cb704d0e04d63c8f23baacfea984d6a1f567ecd2b529b79052 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - autoconfig.cityindextrading.com - autodiscover.cityindextrading.com - cpanel.cityindextrading.com - cpcalendars.cityindextrading.com - cpcontacts.cityindextrading.com - mail.cityindextrading.com - webdisk.cityindextrading.com - webmail.cityindextrading.com - www.cityindextrading.com ## 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: 2026-03-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-23 20:44:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-23 18:48:16 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 12:20:36 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f904a-8a69-7385-8443-52921875b0e9/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/81105e34-d4be-42db-ac9f-2ce8c2017a10 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/cityindextrading.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cityindextrading.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cityindextrading.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cityindextrading.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cityindextrading.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-23 20:45:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is cityindextrading.com a Forex Trading Phishing Scam? Analysis indicates that cityindextrading.com is an active phishing domain targeting financial trading platforms, specifically those associated with forex or CFD trading. Registered on March 5, 2026, through Ultahost, Inc., the domain currently resolves to the IP address 192.142.10.5. Infrastructure review shows it uses nameservers ns1.ultahost.com, ns2.ultahost.com, ns3.ultahost.com, and ns4.ultahost.com, consistent with the registrar’s hosting environment. As of July 23, 2026, the domain appears on at least one security blocklist, with PhishDestroy marking it as malicious. VirusTotal data shows that 3 out of 91 security vendors have flagged the domain, though the specific detection labels and methodologies are not provided. No evidence from Google Safe Browsing, AlienVault OTX, or other threat intelligence platforms is currently available in the supplied data. The domain remains active, and while the exact content of the site has not been analyzed, the combination of a trading-related name, recent registration, and detection by security vendors suggests it is likely designed to harvest credentials or financial information from users under the guise of a legitimate trading service. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk and consider blocking it at the DNS or proxy level. Organizations operating in the financial or trading sectors are advised to monitor for references to this domain in logs or user reports and to educate users about the risks of interacting with unverified trading platforms. Further analysis, including SSL certificate inspection, HTTP response headers, and page content review, would be necessary to confirm the exact phishing kit or brand being impersonated. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260723-E08455 Favicon MD5: d74893dc4ea8752b8e0cdb83c267bd00 TLS cert SHA-256: 4a4b0539ae5732cb704d0e04d63c8f23baacfea984d6a1f567ecd2b529b79052 ## 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/cityindextrading.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cityindextrading.com 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: 195,478 domains (83,245 alive under monitoring, 109,716 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io