# PhishDestroy threat dossier — crossword-ledger.pages.dev
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Fetched:   2026-06-19 17:34:50 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/crossword-ledger.pages.dev/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Ledger

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: LevelBlue
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco)
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     aiden.ns.cloudflare.com, isabel.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-18
Page title:      The Crossword Ledger — A Public Record of the NYT Crossword
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-07-17
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: e5a53c7370132eb2fcc7bbf5c52f7378abfe506feffbc5e1dd8a22b222d051ad

## 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: 2026-04-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-10 22:24:26 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-10 22:24:26 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-19 12:20:44 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019eb334-48d8-722b-8ef2-da5fa9800574/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/crossword-ledger.pages.dev
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.crossword-ledger.pages.dev
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=crossword-ledger.pages.dev
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/crossword-ledger.pages.dev
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/crossword-ledger.pages.dev/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 11:59:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies crossword-ledger.pages.dev as a domain posing a brand impersonation threat, specifically targeting Ledger, and is currently active. 
   
This domain was flagged by 1 of 95 VirusTotal vendors and is registered through Cloudflare, Inc., resolving to IP 188.114.97.3, with an SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt / E7.

The current status of crossword-ledger.pages.dev indicates it is still active, and users are advised to exercise extreme caution when encountering this domain, as it may attempt to deceive users into divulging sensitive information, and is recommended to blocklist this domain to prevent potential security breaches.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      e5a53c7370132eb2fcc7bbf5c52f7378abfe506feffbc5e1dd8a22b222d051ad

## 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/crossword-ledger.pages.dev/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=crossword-ledger.pages.dev
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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