# PhishDestroy threat dossier — claude-tradeapp.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 06:51:39 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/claude-tradeapp.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.33.7 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US 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: damon.ns.cloudflare.com, davina.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-25 Expires: 2027-05-25 Page title: Claude Trade - Trading Education ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 7d00558e5ae11e37317cc1cc1c95a3e683ed27f71f1a864a4dcbf6938330a09a ## 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: 2026-05-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-01 01:41:32 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-01 01:41:30 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-02 08:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-17 00:18:33 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e8032-389e-71e8-ab84-ff1d40dfe7c7/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/claude-tradeapp.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.claude-tradeapp.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=claude-tradeapp.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/claude-tradeapp.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/claude-tradeapp.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 03:23:49 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as a confirmed phishing site specializing in fraudulent trading education schemes. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is designed to deceive users into disclosing sensitive credentials under the pretense of financial training, with a specific focus on harvesting login details for cryptocurrency exchanges and brokerage accounts. The threat type aligns with credential phishing, leveraging social engineering tactics to exploit individuals seeking investment education. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple high-risk indicators. The domain claude-tradeapp.com was registered on May 25, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with malicious registrations. It resolves to the IP address 104.21.33.7, a Cloudflare-protected endpoint that obscures the true origin of the phishing content. Security vendors on VirusTotal flagged the domain at a rate of 5/95, while Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0/100. The domain appears on one security blocklist and was previously blocked by PhishDestroy. Additional technical artifacts include the use of Snowplow Analytics for user tracking, Cloudflare Browser Insights for performance monitoring, and a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate to feign legitimacy. The page title, Claude Trade - Trading Education, reinforces the false narrative of a legitimate educational platform. Mitigation requires immediate action from both end users and network administrators. Users who interacted with claude-tradeapp.com should assume credential compromise and initiate password resets for all financial accounts, particularly those linked to cryptocurrency or trading platforms. Multi-factor authentication should be enabled where available to mitigate unauthorized access. Network-level protections should include blocking the domain and its resolving IP (104.21.33.7) at firewalls and DNS resolvers. Security teams should monitor for outbound connections to the domain or IP, as these may indicate successful phishing attempts. Given the domain's offline status, organizations should remain vigilant for re-registration under similar names or shifts to new infrastructure, as threat actors often rebrand phishing campaigns to evade detection. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 5/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: f4706ad25b9e9ca9720932652ec342ca TLS cert SHA-256: 7d00558e5ae11e37317cc1cc1c95a3e683ed27f71f1a864a4dcbf6938330a09a ## 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/claude-tradeapp.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=claude-tradeapp.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 173,583 domains (14,589 alive under monitoring, 158,288 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io