# PhishDestroy threat dossier — finance-business-news.online
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Fetched:   2026-04-21 23:24:18 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/finance-business-news.online/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 62/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      96.126.111.165 (US, Cedar Knolls)
ASN:             ASAS63949 AKAMAI-LINODE-AP Akamai Connected Cloud, SG
Hosting org:     AS63949 Akamai Connected Cloud
Registrar:       GMO Internet, Inc.
Nameservers:     hehua.ns.giantpanda.com, qizai.ns.giantpanda.com
Registered:      2025-12-09
Page title:      finance-business-news.online
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-05-28
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: ef47a65c8ba92668a68ae456751ad4a555026c129007a0d0763402e56c989180

## 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: 2025-12-09 (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:    2025-12-12 02:11:22 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-13 05:59:52 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-02-27 15:54:37 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/019b1053-6a4d-744c-af6b-3d80f0c0e671/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/finance-business-news.online
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.finance-business-news.online
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=finance-business-news.online
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/finance-business-news.online
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/finance-business-news.online/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:16:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy classifies finance-business-news.online as a low-risk phishing domain. While the threat level is not severe, the domain has exhibited characteristics typical of generic phishing attempts aimed at deceiving users.

The domain was registered recently on December 09, 2025, through GMO Internet, Inc., and resolved to the IP address 96.126.111.165. VirusTotal flagged it in a minor capacity with 2 out of 95 security vendors marking it suspicious, and it appears on two security blocklists, indicating some recognition of its malicious potential. The page title matches the domain name, suggesting an attempt to appear as a legitimate finance-related news source to lure victims.

Currently, finance-business-news.online is offline, reducing immediate risk to users. PhishDestroy recommends maintaining awareness of such domains, utilizing updated security software, and consulting threat intelligence sources before interacting with unfamiliar financial news sites. The domain’s removal from active hosting serves as a positive step in mitigating its threat, but vigilance remains advised.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       ff563f41765da081fe9fd40e8bb33a623df033b10050a8ae8c1b46e15107d8f1
TLS cert SHA-256:      ef47a65c8ba92668a68ae456751ad4a555026c129007a0d0763402e56c989180

## 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/finance-business-news.online/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=finance-business-news.online
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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