# PhishDestroy threat dossier — etherex.fi
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Fetched:   2026-06-28 21:45:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/etherex.fi/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 89/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: social_media
Targeted brand: discord (and: twitter)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      141.136.36.36 (GB, Manchester)
ASN:             ASAS47583 AS-HOSTINGER Hostinger International Limited, CY
Hosting org:     AS47583 Hostinger International Limited
Nameservers:     ["ernest.ns.cloudflare.com", "katelyn.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Trade - Etherex Exchange

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     E8
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:    2026-02-26 23:20:00 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:20:00 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-28 20:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-12 12:25:08 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/01993076-01ca-742f-ac7a-1fbc4363d4e0/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/etherex.fi
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.etherex.fi
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=etherex.fi
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/etherex.fi
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/etherex.fi/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 09:07:19 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain etherex.fi, impersonating Discord, has a high threat score of 70/100 and is currently down. It has been flagged as malicious by 1 out of 95 security vendors, with Gridinsoft being the sole vendor that detected it. The domain is listed on one public blocklist, but it is not flagged by Google Safe Browsing, indicating a potential gap in detection coverage. 

Registrar information is not available, suggesting the domain may utilize privacy protection. The hosting IP is 141.136.36.36, with the domain created on February 21, 2026, and first detected on February 26, 2026. 

Given its high threat score and confirmed phishing activity, block the domain at the perimeter and monitor the associated IP as an indicator of compromise.

## 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/etherex.fi/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=etherex.fi
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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