# PhishDestroy threat dossier — edgdex.exchange
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Fetched:   2026-04-27 11:26:16 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/edgdex.exchange/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 79/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Exchange

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, CyRadar, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.27.85 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     irena.ns.cloudflare.com, kyle.ns.cloudflare.com
Page title:      Blank website. Blank site. Nothing to see here.

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-04-24
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: dcc09c2e9e33994440458d7c29324ea7c5eab80729f0aadc3fe17ee737df8c60

## 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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First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-12-05 15:15:27 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-24 21:23:05 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 19:18:57 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/019aef14-be55-706a-8666-749c0c94f1c4/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/edgdex.exchange
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.edgdex.exchange
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=edgdex.exchange
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/edgdex.exchange
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/edgdex.exchange/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 03:12:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies edgdex.exchange as a medium-risk phishing domain. Although currently offline, its prior activity poses a potential threat to users seeking to access financial or exchange-related services. The risk level is classified as medium due to limited but credible indications of malicious behavior.

Evidence supporting this classification includes the domain's presence on three security blocklists and detection in one AlienVault OTX threat pulse. Additionally, VirusTotal flagged the domain by four security vendors. The domain was hosted at IP address 104.21.27.85 and registered through Cloudflare, Inc. Despite the site displaying a blank page at the time of analysis, these markers suggest earlier phishing intent or preparatory infrastructure.

To mitigate risks associated with edgdex.exchange, organizations and users should ensure this domain remains blocked in their network filters. Continuous monitoring of domain registrations resembling legitimate exchanges is recommended. Users should be educated to recognize suspicious URLs and avoid interacting with unknown or flagged domains, even if they appear inactive.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       6e21162bc64073fe9e3d3d6375ca24d04fed1912a5b7716aac0cb0f2d16fae7c
TLS cert SHA-256:      dcc09c2e9e33994440458d7c29324ea7c5eab80729f0aadc3fe17ee737df8c60

## 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/edgdex.exchange/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=edgdex.exchange
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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