# PhishDestroy threat dossier — croc.finance
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Fetched:   2026-06-06 19:09:51 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/croc.finance/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: social_media
Targeted brand: discord (and: ethereum, twitter)
Wallet drainer: Wallet Connect Abuse

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Fortinet
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      75.2.60.5 (US, Seattle)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       AMAZO-4 (ASN: 16509)
Nameservers:     ns-1000.awsdns-61.net, ns-1309.awsdns-35.org, ns-2016.awsdns-60.co.uk, ns-260.awsdns-32.com
Page title:      Ambient | Zero-to-One Decentralized Trading Protocol

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-05-11
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 3e3117159c3792ccb1c0f17bd5450945587438eae49b45777d6e32a00a80ccc9
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - ambient.finance
  - crocodilelabs.io

## 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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First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-11-11 11:56:38 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-02 17:20:40 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 15:27:44 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019a72c5-c76b-7195-a41e-99534d5ca13a/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/croc.finance
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.croc.finance
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=croc.finance
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/croc.finance
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/croc.finance/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:49:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies croc.finance as a medium-risk crypto drainer domain masquerading under the title 'Ambient | Zero-to-One Decentralized Trading Protocol.' The domain is actively engaged in malicious activity targeting cryptocurrency users.

Technical indicators include Wallet Connect abuse as the primary drainer kit, resolution to IP 75.2.60.5, registration via ASN 16509, and presence on multiple security blocklists and AlienVault OTX threat pulses. Four security vendors flag this domain, confirming its suspicious nature.

Currently active, croc.finance remains a threat to crypto users. Immediate caution and blocking measures are advised to prevent wallet compromise and asset loss.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       5076aa67e3d6c93636ee811366ccab18
TLS cert SHA-256:      3e3117159c3792ccb1c0f17bd5450945587438eae49b45777d6e32a00a80ccc9

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