# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ezflashusa.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-27 18:30:30 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ezflashusa.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 82/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: american express (and: mastercard, shopify, visa) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Certego, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 23.227.38.32 (CA, Ottawa) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc. Nameservers: ["ns-cloud-a1.googledomains.com", "ns-cloud-a2.googledomains.com", "ns-cloud-a3.googledomains.com", "ns-cloud-a4.googledomains.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Expires: 2026-05-12 Page title: EZ Flash – EZ-FLASH ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-04-30 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 1da04d4643759c54d96ce482e662daea5e61f8c4e1484c5411b9e5965480f6b6 ## 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: 2026-02-21 (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) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-01-26 15:40:38 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-06-27 20:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 15:24:46 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019bfadf-9819-744a-8e9a-487c9c56a25e/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/aebefb1a-3557-4eda-a034-b50191206774 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ezflashusa.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ezflashusa.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ezflashusa.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ezflashusa.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ezflashusa.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-23 18:45:13 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain ezflashusa.com is an active impersonation threat, masquerading as the "EZ Flash" brand while posing as American Express for fraudulent purposes. Based on the page title "EZ Flash – EZ-FLASH," the site claims to offer financial services, but its core scam type is impersonation, aiming to deceive users into believing it is a legitimate American Express platform. The primary threat is phishing or credential theft, as victims may be tricked into providing sensitive financial information under the guise of a trusted brand. Technical evidence shows VirusTotal flagged the site by 5 out of 95 vendors, with detection from alphaMountain.ai, Certego, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, and SOCRadar. The site is hosted on IP 23.227.38.32 in Canada under AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc., with a creation date of February 21, 2026. The domain is registered via Tucows Domains Inc., uses Google Trust Services SSL (WE1), and nameservers from ns-cloud-a1.googledomains.com, ns-cloud-a2.googledomains.com, and ns-cloud-a3. It is currently listed on one blocklist. The site is currently down or offline, reducing immediate risk, but its recent creation and impersonation of American Express indicate a high potential for reactivation. Despite moderate trust scores (GridinSoft 70/100, ScamAdviser 82/100) and a low DOM risk score of 25, the impersonation nature and active flagging by multiple security vendors warrant ongoing monitoring. The overall risk level is moderate due to the site's inactive status but high potential for future abuse. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 5/93 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260126-EAF3BA Favicon MD5: 594a39e5efd6f8de2f3cf80b1b4634ea TLS cert SHA-256: 1da04d4643759c54d96ce482e662daea5e61f8c4e1484c5411b9e5965480f6b6 ## 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/ezflashusa.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ezflashusa.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: 170,916 domains (12,726 alive under monitoring, 157,778 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io