# PhishDestroy threat dossier — io-starts.website ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 12:01:20 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/io-starts.website/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency ## 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: 209.38.47.188 (NL, Amsterdam) ASN: AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC Hosting org: DigitalOcean, LLC 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: cloe.ns.cloudflare.com, julian.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-24 Page title: Sorry, the website has been stopped ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-05-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-26 05:20:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-25 11:07:46 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-29 12:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-14 00:34:58 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e5ed0-34b3-7639-ad03-c77df30a9ccc/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/4a89750e-4d4f-402d-86a1-1a78ca199fcc Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/io-starts.website crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.io-starts.website Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=io-starts.website AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/io-starts.website URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/io-starts.website/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 04:44:02 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, io-starts.website, is identified as a phishing infrastructure specifically designed to impersonate cryptocurrency wallet recovery services. Analysis indicates the site likely deceived users into entering sensitive credentials, such as private keys or seed phrases, under the pretense of restoring access to digital wallets. The threat actors behind this domain appear to exploit urgency and fear of lost funds, a common tactic in crypto-related phishing schemes. No legitimate wallet provider or recovery service operates under this domain, and its content was structured to mimic official interfaces while harvesting victim data. Evidence supporting this assessment includes multiple technical indicators. The domain was registered on May 24, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with malicious infrastructure. VirusTotal reports 6 out of 95 security vendors flagging the domain as malicious, while Gridinsoft assigns it a trust score of 0/100. Additionally, the domain appears on three security blocklists and resolves to the IP address 209.38.47.188, which has been linked to other phishing campaigns. The page title, 'Sorry, the website has been stopped,' suggests an attempt to mislead users into believing the service was temporarily unavailable rather than permanently malicious. Users who visited io-starts.website or interacted with its content should take immediate action to mitigate potential compromise. First, revoke any wallet permissions or connected applications associated with the domain. Second, transfer remaining funds to a new, secure wallet using a clean device to prevent further unauthorized access. Third, monitor accounts for unusual transactions and enable multi-factor authentication where possible. If private keys or seed phrases were entered, assume full account compromise and act accordingly. Organizations should update blocklists to include this domain and its associated IP address to prevent further exposure. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 6/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260525-47A05B Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 ## 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/io-starts.website/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=io-starts.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 172,443 domains (12,761 alive under monitoring, 159,115 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io