# PhishDestroy threat dossier — exocards.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-06-30 15:44:44 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/exocards.xyz/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Exodus

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      7/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      209.74.87.246 (US, San Jose)
Hosting org:     AS22612 Namecheap, Inc.
Registrar:       NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!!
NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with
illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict

Nameservers:     gloria.ns.cloudflare.com, nikon.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-17
Expires:         2027-06-17
Page title:      Exodus Pay - A new standard for money | Exodus

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR2
Expires:    2026-09-15
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 912c361b434e276f7a29c2df9a56e933d060a6ec0cef46eb7b67491764eef28b
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.exocards.xyz

## 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: 2026-06-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-20 21:42:16 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-20 19:44:03 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-30 16:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-21 12:19:18 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/019ee68c-4e8d-7375-becd-36bfd06d7586/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/0e65b1e7-8ca0-4eba-89ab-f69ac82f976d
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/exocards.xyz
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.exocards.xyz
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=exocards.xyz
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/exocards.xyz
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/exocards.xyz/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 20:04:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This report documents the domain exocards.xyz, identified as an impersonation of the Exodus brand. The site's page title, "Exodus Pay - A new standard for money | Exodus," indicates it claimed to be a legitimate Exodus platform. The threat posed is brand impersonation, designed to deceive users into believing they are interacting with an authentic Exodus service, potentially leading to credential theft or other fraudulent activity.

Technical analysis reveals the domain was flagged by 7 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, with specific detection from Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and Fortinet. It appears on one blocklist. The domain was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, created on 2026-06-17, and hosted on IP address 209.74.87.246 (United States, AS22612 Namecheap, Inc.). SSL certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt (YR2). Nameservers are gloria.ns.cloudflare.com and nikon.ns.cloudflare.com.

The domain exocards.xyz is currently down or offline. GridinSoft trust rating is 0 out of 100, and the overall DOM risk score is 88, indicating a high risk. Its recent creation date, low trust score, and impersonation of a known brand classify this as a significant threat.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260620-6E56B9
TLS cert SHA-256:      912c361b434e276f7a29c2df9a56e933d060a6ec0cef46eb7b67491764eef28b

## 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/exocards.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=exocards.xyz
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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