# PhishDestroy threat dossier — groundvortex.shop
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Fetched:   2026-06-21 15:25:54 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/groundvortex.shop/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      17/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE
AlienVault OTX:  4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.30.204
Registrar:       Namecheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     burt.ns.cloudflare.com, imani.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-12
Expires:         2027-01-28
Page title:      groundvortex.shop | 523: Origin is unreachable

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-08-24
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 040e29f8bd06cfd1670e20f1149da5f304187c5858e2b612c5f73316d0b73ae0

## 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 21:53:17 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-12 21:53:17 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-21 16:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-13 03:48:02 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/019ebd63-865c-70f9-8ad4-d3742ba9c343/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/groundvortex.shop
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.groundvortex.shop
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=groundvortex.shop
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/groundvortex.shop
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/groundvortex.shop/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 11:25:31 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies groundvortex.shop as a high-risk domain due to its generic phishing threat type, specifically impersonating a store to deceive users. 

This domain was flagged by 16 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, resolves to IP 104.21.30.204, and has an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services / WE1, despite being flagged by Google Safe Browsing as a phishing site, with no available information on its registrar or creation date, but its current status is still active, and its trust scores are likely to be low due to the phishing flags.

To mitigate the threat posed by groundvortex.shop, users should exercise extreme caution when interacting with the domain, and never enter sensitive information or login credentials, as this could lead to financial loss or identity theft, instead, users should verify the authenticity of the domain on PhishDestroy, and report any suspicious activity to the relevant authorities, while also ensuring their devices and browsers are updated with the latest security patches and antivirus software.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      040e29f8bd06cfd1670e20f1149da5f304187c5858e2b612c5f73316d0b73ae0

## 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/groundvortex.shop/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=groundvortex.shop
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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