# PhishDestroy threat dossier — excaptradefx.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-31 08:51:48 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/excaptradefx.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 74/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 13/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Lionic, Netcraft, Seclookup, Sophos, VIPRE Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 163.61.188.222 (US, New York City) ASN: ASAS153568 NEWDHAKAHARDWARE-AS-AP NEW DHAKA HARDWARE, BD Hosting org: AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE Registrar: Cosmotown, Inc. Nameservers: dns1.lytehosting.com, dns2.lytehosting.com, dns3.lytehosting.com, dns4.lytehosting.com Registered: 2025-04-08 Expires: 2026-04-08 Page title: Excaptradefx- Home HTTP response: 500 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R13 Expires: 2026-05-08 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: edd37e9e1632fdfda10688f5fb488e6868e7f22ca79198fe4092d89d11aa5373 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-04-08 (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) First reported: 2025-08-07 16:36:22 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-05-31 09:20:38 UTC Neutralised: 2026-03-06 02:49:46 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/01988608-9ec0-77a8-8f50-d1ab7b9dc6c8/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/excaptradefx.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.excaptradefx.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=excaptradefx.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/excaptradefx.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/excaptradefx.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 01:32:18 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies excaptradefx.com as a high-risk phishing domain designed to deceive users into divulging sensitive information. The site posed a significant threat by mimicking legitimate financial services, aiming to trick visitors into providing personal or financial data. Such phishing campaigns can lead to identity theft, financial loss, and compromised accounts. This phishing operation typically worked by presenting a seemingly authentic homepage titled "Excaptradefx- Home," enticing victims to engage with the platform. The domain was flagged by Google Safe Browsing for social engineering and appeared on one security blocklist. VirusTotal detected suspicious activity from this domain, with 13 out of 95 security vendors identifying it as malicious. Registered recently through Cosmotown, Inc., and resolving to IP address 163.61.188.222, the domain was taken offline promptly to mitigate further risk. If you visited excaptradefx.com, it is critical to avoid entering any personal or financial information and to monitor your accounts for unusual activity. Users should run comprehensive antivirus scans and consider changing passwords for any accounts that might be linked to data entered on this site. Reporting the incident to your organization's IT security team or a trusted cybersecurity authority can also help prevent further damage. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon SHA-256: ff88bfb0f0f2114cbd5d1b5e3005798f7400a99c7007c5b7d82025260615aca3 TLS cert SHA-256: edd37e9e1632fdfda10688f5fb488e6868e7f22ca79198fe4092d89d11aa5373 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/excaptradefx.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=excaptradefx.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 156,172 domains (38,596 alive under monitoring, 117,071 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io