# PhishDestroy threat dossier — grokico.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-21 20:05:08 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/grokico.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 74/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Generic Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: SOCRadar
URLQuery:        2 detections
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      217.160.0.177 (DE, Essen)
ASN:             AS8560 IONOS SE
Hosting org:     Ionos Inf
Registrar:       InterNetX GmbH
Nameservers:     ns1.web.de, ns2.web.de, ns3.web.de, ns4.web.de
Registered:      2026-04-05

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Sectigo Limited / Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
Expires:    2026-07-27
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: e20509b9f40d9a2cfa4ec8aa0875b23fc912909978eabd38876b0fa00d3e9026
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.grokico.com

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: REPORTS FILED. Domain eventually taken down after 1 abuse notice(s).
Reports filed:   1 independent abuse notifications
First report:    2026-04-09 01:13:53 UTC
Days since first notice: 12 (eventually taken down)
ICANN Compliance CC'd on at least one escalation — non-response is on record.
Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report
via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds,
OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent.
Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting
chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a
cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies.
Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/grokico.com/#coordinated-suppression

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-04-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-05 07:10:00 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-05 04:11:38 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-04-21 16:12:24 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-11 11:53:02 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/019d5bd3-f789-7775-b1aa-2c85c27cef5c/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/3f802a95-49cb-425e-9161-b633b6d4a6ef
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/grokico.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.grokico.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=grokico.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/grokico.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/grokico.com/

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260405-50CA69
Favicon MD5:       4fc2184cd8a76675848c3b10e97a6039
TLS cert SHA-256:      e20509b9f40d9a2cfa4ec8aa0875b23fc912909978eabd38876b0fa00d3e9026

## 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/grokico.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=grokico.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

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