# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cortexinvest.us
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Fetched:   2026-07-27 05:50:20 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cortexinvest.us/

## VERDICT
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HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed
Composite threat score: 75/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      9/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safe Browsing, PhishFort, Sophos
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      192.64.118.31
Registrar:       NAMECHEAP INC
Nameservers:     dns1.namecheaphosting.com, dns2.namecheaphosting.com
Registered:      2026-01-16
Expires:         2027-01-16
Page title:      CORTEX — We've moved to cortexinvest.uk

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Sectigo Limited / Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
Expires:    2027-01-16
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 6220f510ec0b6b2e2d2194e81ff02c862ad78ddeb6a95ff99bbff125c15b7bdc
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.cortexinvest.us

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-01-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-27 05:43:25 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-27 06:50:23 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019fa1b4-08c6-77c1-ac73-5cd5f4e1cd1f/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/cortexinvest.us
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cortexinvest.us
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cortexinvest.us
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cortexinvest.us
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cortexinvest.us/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-27 05:45:58 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Is cortexinvest.us a Scam?

Analysis conducted on July 27, 2026 indicates that the domain cortexinvest.us is actively leveraged for generic phishing. The domain was registered through NAMECHEAP INC on 16 January 2026 and is currently hosted on IP address 192.64.118.31. Both authoritative nameservers dns1.namecheaphosting.com and dns2.namecheaphosting.com resolve to the same hosting provider, suggesting a typical Namecheap hosting configuration.

Reputation checks show that the domain appears on one public security blocklist and is listed by PhishDestroy as a blocked entity. Google Safe Browsing classifies the site as a social engineering threat, and nine of ninety‑one VirusTotal scanners have flagged the domain, reinforcing the suspicion of malicious use. The available evidence does not include SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, or page‑title content, leaving the exact presentation of the malicious page undocumented.

Nonetheless, the convergence of blocklist presence, Safe Browsing warning, and multiple vendor detections provides a high confidence indication that the domain is employed to harvest credentials or otherwise deceive users. Defenders should block network traffic to 192.64.118.31 and to the fully qualified domain name cortexinvest.us at perimeter devices, update intrusion detection signatures to include the domain, and monitor for outbound connections originating from internal hosts that may have interacted with the site. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as the threat actor may modify hosting or employ additional infrastructure, but current indicators suggest the domain remains active and poses a high risk.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       7a9ef7dadddc6a4b61268edd9d024a24
TLS cert SHA-256:      6220f510ec0b6b2e2d2194e81ff02c862ad78ddeb6a95ff99bbff125c15b7bdc

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cortexinvest.us/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cortexinvest.us
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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