# PhishDestroy threat dossier — hfbfinance.site
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Fetched:   2026-05-18 10:56:54 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/hfbfinance.site/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 25 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: banking
Targeted brand: celer (and: google, near, visa)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      9/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Lionic, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      192.3.190.186 (US, Buffalo)
ASN:             ASAS36352 AS-COLOCROSSING, US
Hosting org:     AS36352 HostPapa
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Horizon First Bank and Finannce - Online Banking -Banks Near Me

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R10
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:21:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 01:40:54 UTC (STALE — 25 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-04-21 22:02:44 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 25 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 25 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/0198b5c6-f9a6-7779-9d60-cf63248f4299/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/hfbfinance.site
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.hfbfinance.site
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=hfbfinance.site
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/hfbfinance.site
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/hfbfinance.site/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 02:12:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies hfbfinance.site as a medium-risk phishing domain posing as Horizon First Bank and Finance to deceive users. The site targets online banking customers with generic phishing tactics.

The domain hfbfinance.site was registered on February 21, 2026 and resolves to IP 192.3.190.186. It is flagged by 9 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors and appears on one security blocklist, indicating known malicious activity.

Currently active, hfbfinance.site remains a threat. Users should avoid interacting with the site or providing sensitive information. Continuous monitoring and blocking at network levels are recommended to reduce exposure.

## 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/hfbfinance.site/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=hfbfinance.site
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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