# PhishDestroy threat dossier — compensations-apyx.finance
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Fetched:   2026-06-22 07:46:40 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/compensations-apyx.finance/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 4 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3
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:     ["oaklyn.ns.cloudflare.com", "keaton.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-06-09
Expires:         2027-06-09
Page title:      Apyx

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-07
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 8c63164c28afd0837fe73c4d4ec58bbeb83412dc5e97b413a55f5e8db3668cb0

## 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: 2026-06-09 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-09 18:17:58 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-09 18:16:47 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 08:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-17 18:21:24 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 12:21:04 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies compensations-apyx.finance as a generic phishing domain specifically involved in credential theft, currently active and posing a high risk to users. 

This domain was flagged by 6 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating a significant threat to users, with a registrar name not publicly disclosed, an IP address that may be subject to change, a creation date that suggests a relatively recent emergence, 6 blocklist counts, and trust scores that are not available, highlighting the importance of caution when interacting with this domain.

The current status of compensations-apyx.finance is active, and PhishDestroy strongly advises users to exercise extreme caution when interacting with this domain, avoiding any attempts to input sensitive information, and instead reporting any suspicious activity to the relevant authorities, to prevent potential financial losses and protect personal data, considering the seed e0083d for varied threat analysis and user safety guidance.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - WHOIS creation date: 2026-06-09

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       c15f8aa7f11e11100592b67eecefccc2
TLS cert SHA-256:      8c63164c28afd0837fe73c4d4ec58bbeb83412dc5e97b413a55f5e8db3668cb0

## 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/compensations-apyx.finance/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=compensations-apyx.finance
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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