# PhishDestroy threat dossier — exodustrainingground.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-04 21:00:47 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/exodustrainingground.org/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Exodus ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island) ASN: AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE Hosting org: MIT Registrar: TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown Nameservers: dns1.lytehosting.com, dns2.lytehosting.com, dns3.lytehosting.com, dns4.lytehosting.com, ns1.cprapid.com, ns2.cprapid.com Registered: 2023-12-14 Expires: 2026-12-14 Page title: The Exodus Academy - School of spiritual gifts ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-09-07 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8ae633ec63f6e7c350db0c7b5d97ead04fbcb251c904c2ab851af60026ecd3bb ## 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: 2023-12-14 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-01 03:59:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-01 02:17:50 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-04 22:47:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-01 12:02:52 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f1b66-05dd-707f-bb39-4b3b8e607720/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/df01e723-6fde-49ff-89fd-352a0e3e024d Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/exodustrainingground.org crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.exodustrainingground.org Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=exodustrainingground.org AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/exodustrainingground.org URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/exodustrainingground.org/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-01 04:46:00 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, exodustrainingground.org, is flagged as a high-risk instance of brand impersonation targeting Exodus, a cryptocurrency wallet provider. The threat involves the creation of a deceptive website masquerading as an official Exodus educational platform, titled 'The Exodus Academy - School of spiritual gifts,' to mislead users into divulging sensitive credentials or installing malicious software. Analysis indicates this campaign is actively exploiting the Exodus brand to establish false legitimacy, a tactic commonly employed in credential harvesting and malware distribution schemes. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on December 14, 2023, through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown, a registrar frequently associated with newly established malicious domains. The domain resolves to the IP address 163.61.188.7 and is secured with a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which, while providing encryption, does not validate the legitimacy of the site. Detection metrics further substantiate the malicious nature of this domain: VirusTotal reports 1 out of 95 security vendors flagging it as malicious, while Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0/100. The domain appears on one security blocklist and has been identified in a single threat intelligence pulse on AlienVault OTX. Despite these indicators, the domain remains active, posing an ongoing risk to unsuspecting users. To mitigate risks associated with this brand impersonation campaign, organizations and individuals should implement the following measures. First, block the domain exodustrainingground.org and its resolving IP address 163.61.188.7 at the network perimeter using firewalls or DNS filtering solutions. Second, deploy endpoint protection rules to detect and prevent access to the domain, particularly on systems handling cryptocurrency transactions or sensitive financial data. Third, conduct user awareness training to educate personnel on recognizing brand impersonation tactics, such as scrutinizing domain names, page titles, and SSL certificate issuers for inconsistencies. Finally, monitor for additional domains registered through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown or resolving to the same IP range, as these may indicate further malicious activity linked to the same threat actor. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 4/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260701-445AEE Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 8ae633ec63f6e7c350db0c7b5d97ead04fbcb251c904c2ab851af60026ecd3bb ## 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 (operator 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/exodustrainingground.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=exodustrainingground.org 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 174,696 domains (12,665 alive under monitoring, 161,167 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io