# PhishDestroy threat dossier — darkmatter-market-darknet.net ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-05 00:53:33 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/darkmatter-market-darknet.net/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 52/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: ["aspen.ns.cloudflare.com", "gerardo.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2025-09-20 Expires: 2026-09-20 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-19 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: ada86da4f1c2f2607409e3a2fb574447a63fc75dce4350f0a3af5f2998670e6b ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-09-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-22 11:30:23 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-15 03:47:44 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-05 00:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-23 18:13:59 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-18 16:52:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy has identified darkmatter-market-darknet.net as a generic phishing domain designed to impersonate a darknet marketplace. The site was likely used to harvest credentials or financial information from users seeking illicit services. No specific brand or drainer kit has been associated with this domain at this time. Technical indicators show that the domain received a VirusTotal score of 2 out of 95 security vendors flagging it as malicious. It was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and resolved to the IP address 188.114.97.3. The domain was created on September 20, 2025, and appeared on one security blocklist. Additionally, it was found in one AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulse, and its SSL certificate was issued by Google Trust Services. The domain is currently offline, indicating that it has been taken down either by the hosting provider or authorities. Despite this, users who may have interacted with the site should remain vigilant and monitor for signs of compromised accounts. PhishDestroy recommends avoiding any similar domains and reporting suspicious sites to relevant security teams. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: ada86da4f1c2f2607409e3a2fb574447a63fc75dce4350f0a3af5f2998670e6b ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/darkmatter-market-darknet.net/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=darkmatter-market-darknet.net Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 174,758 domains (12,439 alive under monitoring, 161,452 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io