# PhishDestroy threat dossier — distribution-flare.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-22 20:17:55 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/distribution-flare.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 91/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: CRDF, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco)
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       OwnRegistrar, Inc.
Nameservers:     adam.ns.cloudflare.com, danica.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-05-11
Expires:         2027-05-11

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-08-09
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 8e7e54982149545f7f8316ded12e37638b17dd4270d1c15ee9994afcc5c38217

## 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: 2026-05-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-18 17:40:22 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-18 15:54:43 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 22:16:48 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-18 18:19:46 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/019edb63-1f4c-73a6-b20c-7f8c56dab228/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/0ee0bab9-3bfa-49b2-8f4a-98d77edede02
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/distribution-flare.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.distribution-flare.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=distribution-flare.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/distribution-flare.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/distribution-flare.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-22 17:44:13 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

A generic scam site, distribution-flare[.]com, is currently offline after being taken down. This domain, which was first detected by PhishDestroy on 2026-06-18, presents a moderate risk with a platform risk score of 63 out of 100. According to VirusTotal, 3 out of 91 vendors flag it as malicious, and it is listed on 3 public blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. The domain was registered through OwnRegistrar, Inc. and was hosted on the IP address 188.114.97.3, located in San Francisco, US, under the ASN of Cloudflare, Inc. The domain was created on 2026-05-11 and had an SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt. Defenders should review their blocklists to ensure distribution-flare[.]com is included.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260618-5BD48B
Favicon MD5:       dc270172d1648eb90a7ac9e496aaa7ec
TLS cert SHA-256:      8e7e54982149545f7f8316ded12e37638b17dd4270d1c15ee9994afcc5c38217

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