# PhishDestroy threat dossier — dtxexechange.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-24 23:46:55 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/dtxexechange.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: ethereum (and: ton)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      20/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Ermes, ESET, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Netcraft, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Trustwave, URLQuery, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.146.29 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       MainReg Inc.
Nameservers:     dave.ns.cloudflare.com, shubhi.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-02-21
Expires:         2026-07-25
Page title:      Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | DTX Exchange
HTTP response:   530

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Earliest abuse rec: 2026-01-24 20:50:11 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-05-24 19:28:57 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-08 20:16:09 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means
the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered
by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution
research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands.

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019bf071-519c-75af-8b6b-765d89835a69/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/dtxexechange.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.dtxexechange.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=dtxexechange.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/dtxexechange.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/dtxexechange.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-18 23:57:24 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies dtxexechange.com as a dangerous phishing domain designed to deceive users by impersonating the Ethereum brand. This site attempts to exploit trust in cryptocurrency exchanges to steal sensitive information.

This phishing tactic mimics a legitimate crypto exchange platform, using a convincing page title and branding to lure victims into buying or selling Bitcoin and Ethereum. The site was flagged for social engineering and is currently offline after being detected by multiple security tools.

If you visited dtxexechange.com, do not enter any personal or financial information. Run security scans on your device, monitor your crypto accounts carefully, and consider changing passwords. Always verify exchange URLs through trusted sources before transacting.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260124-AE2EAC
Favicon MD5:       8293a2fdf6d1d3a2b2d599ad3ad615f4

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