# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ezpass.payron.cc
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Fetched:   2026-06-27 15:28:12 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ezpass.payron.cc/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 52/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.164.189 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Gname.com Pte. Ltd.
Nameservers:     ["jay.ns.cloudflare.com", "kinsley.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-06-12

## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-12 22:30:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 00:27:29 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-27 16:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-13 03:48:39 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-25 22:12:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain is flagged as an elevated-risk phishing site specializing in toll service credential harvesting. Analysis indicates the infrastructure was specifically designed to impersonate legitimate electronic toll collection portals, capturing login credentials and payment details from unsuspecting users attempting to manage or pay toll accounts.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain ezpass.payron.cc was registered on June 12, 2026, through Gname.com Pte. Ltd. and currently resolves to IP address 172.67.164.189. The domain is detected by 6 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, appears on one security blocklist, and was previously blocked by enterprise phishing protection systems. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, providing a false sense of legitimacy to potential victims. The domain has since been taken offline, though residual risk remains for users who may have interacted with the site prior to its removal.  Mitigation steps for organizations and end users include immediate credential rotation for any accounts accessed through this domain, particularly those associated with electronic toll collection services. Network administrators should implement DNS-based blocking of the domain and its associated IP address 172.67.164.189 to prevent potential access attempts. Users should be educated on verifying domain authenticity through official service portals and checking for HTTPS certificate details before entering sensitive information. Security teams are advised to monitor for indicators of compromise related to this campaign, including the specific registrar Gname.com Pte. Ltd., which has been associated with other credential-harvesting operations targeting transportation payment systems.

## 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/ezpass.payron.cc/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ezpass.payron.cc
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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