# PhishDestroy threat dossier — investpulsestudio.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-01 10:41:52 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/investpulsestudio.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: harlan.ns.cloudflare.com, jamie.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-01-15 Expires: 2027-01-15 Page title: Compiler ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-12 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b506cf156057e53525ef7e3e6e9adb4f7a104ba3871289eb6b565ee0d6707080 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-01-15 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-28 12:19:05 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-28 12:19:00 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-01 12:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 17:29:46 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e6de0-8f16-75ad-975f-51b8f4de50af/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/investpulsestudio.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.investpulsestudio.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=investpulsestudio.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/investpulsestudio.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/investpulsestudio.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 04:33:38 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain investpulsestudio.com is identified as a cryptocurrency phishing site targeting users through deceptive interfaces. Analysis confirms its status as offline, though prior activity involved impersonation of cryptocurrency wallet or exchange platforms. The page title 'Compiler' suggests an attempt to mimic legitimate development tools, likely to lure technical users into interacting with malicious infrastructure. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on January 15, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3 and is flagged by 6 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. The domain appears on three security blocklists, including MetaMask and PhishDestroy, and has been assigned an elevated risk level. Detected technologies include Node.js, Express, cdnjs, Cloudflare, and HTTP/3, indicating a modern, obfuscated hosting environment designed to evade detection. Current status indicates the domain has been taken offline, though residual risk remains for users who may have interacted with it prior to deactivation. Security teams are advised to block the domain and associated IP at the network level, monitor for related indicators of compromise, and educate users on recognizing cryptocurrency phishing attempts. Historical data should be preserved for forensic analysis in the event of future related campaigns. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: c52a4d896d830ae263a540704c772d34 TLS cert SHA-256: b506cf156057e53525ef7e3e6e9adb4f7a104ba3871289eb6b565ee0d6707080 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/investpulsestudio.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=investpulsestudio.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 173,410 domains (13,243 alive under monitoring, 159,491 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io