# PhishDestroy threat dossier — hickory.website
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Fetched:   2026-05-17 13:47:48 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/hickory.website/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 24 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: binance (and: bitget, bybit, ledger, okx, tron)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      10/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Ermes, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 4 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      66.29.146.168 (US, Phoenix)
ASN:             ASAS22612 NAMECHEAP-NET, US
Hosting org:     AS22612 Namecheap, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      TRON Wallet Integration Example

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
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 23:20:34 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 01:40:59 UTC (STALE — 24 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-04-07 01:54:34 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 24 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 24 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019bb48d-b188-7630-86ca-84a2cc20d7ba/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/hickory.website
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.hickory.website
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=hickory.website
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/hickory.website
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/hickory.website/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 02:05:08 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies hickory.website as a high-risk generic phishing domain targeting users with a fake TRON Wallet integration page. The threat aims to steal sensitive information through deceptive means.

This domain was created recently on February 21, 2026, and is actively resolving to IP 66.29.146.168. It appears on four security blocklists and is detected by 10 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors, confirming its malicious intent.

Users are advised to avoid interacting with hickory.website and to never enter personal or wallet credentials on suspicious sites. The domain remains active, requiring vigilance and the use of security tools to block access and prevent credential compromise.

## 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/hickory.website/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=hickory.website
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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