# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cryptonews5.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-24 09:22:23 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cryptonews5.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 98/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/91 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, VIPRE
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

## 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:    2026-06-23 00:22:33 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-22 23:12:00 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-24 11:16:39 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-23 00:30:30 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/019ef16c-194e-70ac-837e-a38e904ee999/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/beb9f5e5-8b7e-4b78-9ce3-46ddff61627e
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/cryptonews5.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cryptonews5.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cryptonews5.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cryptonews5.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cryptonews5.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 07:33:25 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain cryptonews5.com, associated with a generic phishing operation, has a critical threat score of 95/100 and is currently down. It has been flagged as malicious by 14 out of 95 security vendors, including BitDefender and Sophos, and is listed on one public blocklist, although it is not flagged by Google Safe Browsing.

Registered with Dynadot Inc, this domain was created on March 21, 2026, and was first detected on June 23, 2026. The hosting IP is 185.53.179.146. Given its high threat score and detection by multiple vendors, block the domain at the perimeter and submit it to the registrar abuse desk.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260622-848871

## 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/cryptonews5.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cryptonews5.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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