# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cryptonews1.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-26 07:42:17 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cryptonews1.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 97/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      13/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      185.53.179.146 (CA, Toronto)
Hosting org:     AS206834 Team Internet AG
Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     ns1.dyna-ns.net, ns2.dyna-ns.net
Registered:      2026-03-21
Expires:         2027-03-21
Page title:      cryptonews1.com

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-03-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-22 23:50:59 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-26 08:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-23 00:00:46 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/019ef150-1d70-775f-ae9d-56e98a97240a/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/cryptonews1.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cryptonews1.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cryptonews1.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cryptonews1.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cryptonews1.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 09:47:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain cryptonews1.com presents a fraudulent cryptocurrency news site, using a generic brand name to impersonate legitimate crypto media outlets. The threat it poses is primarily as a phishing or malware distribution platform, targeting users seeking cryptocurrency information to steal credentials or install malicious software.

Technical evidence from the analysis shows the site was flagged by 13 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, including detections from ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, and CRDF. The domain was created on 2026-03-21 and registered with Dynadot Inc. The IP address is 185.53.179.146, located in Canada and hosted on AS206834 Team Internet AG. The site has no SSL certificate and uses nameservers ns1.dyna-ns.net and ns2.dyna-ns.net. The domain risk score is 73, with 1 blocklist entry.

The site is currently down or offline, indicating it may have been taken down or is temporarily inaccessible. The high risk score of 73, combined with multiple vendor detections and a recent creation date, confirms this is a high-threat domain associated with malicious activity. Users should avoid any interaction with this domain.

## 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/cryptonews1.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cryptonews1.com
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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