# PhishDestroy threat dossier — flashtether.online
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 08:49:53 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/flashtether.online/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 59/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Crypto Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, SOCRadar, URLQuery
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      66.45.244.235 (US, New York City)
ASN:             ASAS19318 Interserver, Inc
Hosting org:     AS19318 Interserver, Inc
Registrar:       Name.com, Inc
Nameservers:     ["ns1crv.name.com", "ns2dqx.name.com", "ns3fgq.name.com", "ns4kpx.name.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Expires:         2026-11-02
Page title:      USDT Flash Software Year Plan Request - USDT FLOW

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-06-01
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9fb2e63e9e06498b93a20f44423db8051abfe41079e002c98405e76cdf9a56c7

## 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: 2026-02-21 (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: 2026-01-24 21:46:05 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-04-13 07:51:20 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-15 06:13:50 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)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019bf151-f850-7089-88ae-bd6d613c1c17/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/c65c1397-cd6b-4194-8496-7bf3f2704626
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/flashtether.online
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.flashtether.online
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=flashtether.online
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/flashtether.online
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/flashtether.online/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 03:36:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies flashtether.online as a low-risk but active crypto drainer domain designed to steal digital assets. Users visiting this site risk losing cryptocurrency if they interact with its fraudulent content.

This phishing site masquerades as a legitimate USDT software service, tricking victims into providing sensitive wallet credentials or authorizing transactions that drain their funds. It resolves to a suspicious IP and appears on security blocklists.

Users should avoid visiting flashtether.online, never input wallet keys or private data, and keep crypto wallets secure with trusted software. Reporting suspicious domains helps protect the community.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260124-35890E
TLS cert SHA-256:      9fb2e63e9e06498b93a20f44423db8051abfe41079e002c98405e76cdf9a56c7

## 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/flashtether.online/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=flashtether.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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