# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cryptograb.io
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Fetched:   2026-07-14 05:11:52 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cryptograb.io/

## 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: Grab

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/91 security vendors flagged this domain
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.168.109 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NAMECHEAP INC
Nameservers:     heather.ns.cloudflare.com, langston.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2022-10-07
Expires:         2026-10-07
Page title:      Just a moment...
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-14
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: c10bfb5ba9541a7ba9b067b720ef71b6015263807f66872ae5ab32a4f7b1b322
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - global.cryptograb.io

## 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: 2022-10-07 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-13 21:27:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-14 04:20:38 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f5cf1-de83-73d2-b4df-1e838aae68cc/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/cryptograb.io
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cryptograb.io
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cryptograb.io
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cryptograb.io
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cryptograb.io/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-13 21:40:21 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Analysis indicates that cryptograb.io is currently active and associated with a generic phishing campaign. The domain was registered on 2022-10-07 through Namecheap Inc. and is hosted on Cloudflare infrastructure, as evidenced by the authoritative nameservers heather.ns.cloudflare.com and langston.ns.cloudflare.com. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 172.67.168.109, which returns an HTTP 403 status code for standard GET requests, suggesting that the web server is configured to deny direct access, a behavior sometimes used to hide malicious payloads behind conditional delivery mechanisms. The domain appears in two separate AlienVault OTX threat pulses, providing external confirmation of its malicious reputation. No additional public analysis such as page title or content has been released, so the exact phishing vector and targeted brands remain unknown. Defenders should treat any traffic to cryptograb.io as potentially malicious, enforce network-level blocking, and incorporate the domain into URL filtering and sinkhole feeds. Continuous monitoring of DNS queries and TLS certificate changes is advised to detect possible infrastructure shifts. Because the domain is still active, incident response teams should also consider correlating internal logs for any user‑initiated connections to the IP address or domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      c10bfb5ba9541a7ba9b067b720ef71b6015263807f66872ae5ab32a4f7b1b322

## 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/cryptograb.io/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cryptograb.io
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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