# PhishDestroy threat dossier — kinetiq.exchange
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Fetched:   2026-07-29 14:08:13 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/kinetiq.exchange/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Exchange

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       Tucows Domains Inc.
Nameservers:     bethany.ns.cloudflare.com, justin.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-11-21
Expires:         2026-11-21
Page title:      X
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-10-14
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 7910aa853bfe64269f33b2245d987394a4d9b9cfc14befc780a60fd8c448effd

## 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: 2025-11-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-16 12:36:32 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-17 09:01:00 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-29 12:21:24 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f6a7f-2a6b-738f-b081-e2691cb5d423/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/kinetiq.exchange
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.kinetiq.exchange
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=kinetiq.exchange
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/kinetiq.exchange
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/kinetiq.exchange/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-16 12:40:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

kinetiq.exchange Safety Check — Fake Exchange Phishing

The domain kinetiq.exchange was registered on November 21, 2025 through Tucows Domains Inc. and is currently active, hosting a phishing campaign that masquerades as a cryptocurrency exchange. DNS resolution points to the IP address 188.114.96.3, and the domain is served from Cloudflare nameservers bethany.ns.cloudflare.com and justin.ns.cloudflare.com. VirusTotal analysis shows that three out of ninety‑one security vendors flag the domain as malicious, indicating that detection is emerging but not yet universal. The infrastructure suggests a typical fast‑flux style setup, leveraging Cloudflare's CDN to obscure the true hosting location and to provide resilience against takedown attempts. No additional technical artifacts such as SSL certificate details, hosting ASN, or observed payloads have been published, leaving the exact phishing content and victim targeting unknown. Defenders should block any outbound connections to kinetiq.exchange, monitor DNS queries for this domain, and consider adding the domain to threat intelligence feeds and URL filtering policies. Given the high risk rating and active status, rapid containment and user awareness campaigns are advised to mitigate potential credential harvesting or financial loss.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260717-499892
TLS cert SHA-256:      7910aa853bfe64269f33b2245d987394a4d9b9cfc14befc780a60fd8c448effd

## 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 (operator 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/kinetiq.exchange/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=kinetiq.exchange
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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