# PhishDestroy threat dossier — darknet-market.media ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-15 13:31:42 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/darknet-market.media/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (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: harvey.ns.cloudflare.com, melina.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-08 Expires: 2027-07-08 Page title: Darknet Market Media - HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-06 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f891ef2d8d636cdf6c30879245029e7cca9043ba09f3ab835eac9c9ddf6a16df ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-07-08 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-11 16:26:42 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-15 12:20:44 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f5191-b312-70ab-8875-c11d00e64a8c/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/darknet-market.media crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.darknet-market.media Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=darknet-market.media AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/darknet-market.media URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/darknet-market.media/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-11 17:26:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as a high-risk fake darknet marketplace portal designed to deceive users into accessing counterfeit trading platforms. Analysis indicates the site mimics legitimate darknet markets by offering fraudulent listings, vendor profiles, and payment gateways to harvest credentials, cryptocurrency wallet details, or distribute malware. The infrastructure is structured to exploit trust in underground commerce, potentially leading to financial theft or device compromise for visitors who engage with the site’s content or attempt transactions. Infrastructure analysis reveals concrete indicators of malicious activity. The domain resolves to IP address 188.114.96.3 and was registered on July 08, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. VirusTotal reports 3 out of 95 security vendors have detected the domain as malicious, while blocklist monitoring confirms its continued active status. The SSL certificate, issued by Google Trust Services, does not mitigate the threat, as encryption is commonly used by attackers to lend false legitimacy to phishing sites. Users who have visited darknet-market.media should immediately cease all interaction and disconnect any devices used to access the site. Clear browser cache, cookies, and stored credentials to remove residual tracking elements. If cryptocurrency transactions were initiated, monitor wallet addresses for unauthorized activity and consider migrating funds to a new wallet. Run a full system scan using updated security tools to detect potential malware infections. Report the domain to relevant abuse channels and avoid re-engaging with any content linked to this infrastructure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 000bf649cc8f6bf27cfb04d1bcdcd3c7 TLS cert SHA-256: f891ef2d8d636cdf6c30879245029e7cca9043ba09f3ab835eac9c9ddf6a16df ## 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/darknet-market.media/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=darknet-market.media 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: 179,164 domains (50,694 alive under monitoring, 128,470 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io