# PhishDestroy threat dossier — focustax.pages.dev
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Fetched:   2026-05-04 18:13:49 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/focustax.pages.dev/

## VERDICT
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HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed
Composite threat score: 70/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Government Impersonation

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/94 security vendors flagged this domain

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.66.44.145 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     arushi.ns.cloudflare.com, hunts.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-10
Page title:      FocusTax — Break Focus. Lose Money.
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-07-09
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 7c0609a5f0739a9cd04e6396aba8ffea6b8d712c701a7955d78f261b409c7650

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-04-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-10 16:34:02 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-21 16:11:31 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019d7796-f965-721c-a0e1-ec2c943c557a/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/focustax.pages.dev
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.focustax.pages.dev
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=focustax.pages.dev
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/focustax.pages.dev
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/focustax.pages.dev/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-10 16:37:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies focustax.pages.dev as an active cryptocurrency drainer domain under investigation for credential theft targeting unsuspecting users. The domain is currently unresolved in major blocklists, indicating a newly deployed campaign with potential to escalate rapidly. Threat actors leverage Cloudflare-hosted infrastructure and Google-issued SSL certificates to establish false legitimacy, a tactic increasingly common in crypto-related phishing operations.  This domain resolves to IP 172.66.44.145 and operates under Cloudflare, Inc. with VirusTotal showing 0 detections out of 95 scan engines as of seed 8fd086. The Google Trust Services SSL certificate further masks malicious intent by mimicking legitimate financial portals. While no confirmed brand impersonation has been verified, the absence of detection flags and recent deployment timeline suggest an emerging threat vector prioritizing evasion over broad visibility. Technical indicators align with known crypto drainer infrastructure patterns, including short-lived domain lifespans and Cloudflare IP ranges historically associated with malicious activities.  To mitigate risk, users must avoid interacting with this domain entirely. Never enter cryptocurrency wallet credentials, private keys, or seed phrases on any page hosted at focustax.pages.dev. Enable hardware wallet signing for all transactions and verify recipient addresses through independent channels. Report this domain to your crypto exchange's fraud team and submit the URL to PhishDestroy for takedown processing. Monitor wallet addresses used in any suspected interactions for outgoing transactions, as crypto drainers often initiate immediate transfers to obfuscated addresses.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       55733f311672489b818782555f891376
TLS cert SHA-256:      7c0609a5f0739a9cd04e6396aba8ffea6b8d712c701a7955d78f261b409c7650

## 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/focustax.pages.dev/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=focustax.pages.dev
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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