# PhishDestroy threat dossier — kronex.cafe
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Fetched:   2026-07-31 22:47:06 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/kronex.cafe/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: aave (and: sui)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       Ultahost, Inc
Nameservers:     hera.ns.cloudflare.com, michael.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-07-17
Expires:         2027-07-17
Page title:      Kronex
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-10-15
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 7b7dd19b84cb05067cf7bd264065fc210fd828a7680dc437eedadca38906cb7e

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-07-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-30 23:14:58 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-30 21:33:41 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-31 20:20:22 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-31 12:53:13 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019fb4e6-479f-713d-8723-c8bef2fc3296/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/cd6c986f-d007-4c1a-99b3-b75e3d774d73
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/kronex.cafe
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.kronex.cafe
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=kronex.cafe
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/kronex.cafe
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/kronex.cafe/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-30 23:17:10 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

kronex.cafe: Confirmed Phishing Site

Analysis indicates that the domain kronex.cafe was registered on 17 July 2026 through Ultahost, Inc. The authoritative nameservers are hera.ns.cloudflare.com and michael.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating that the domain is hosted behind Cloudflare’s DNS service. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 188.114.96.3, which is currently reachable and associated with an active web service. The domain has been flagged by the PhishDestroy intelligence feed and appears on a single public blocklist. A VirusTotal scan shows that one out of ninety‑one security vendors submitted a detection for the domain, confirming the presence of malicious activity. The threat is classified as generic phishing, and the risk level is high.

As of the report date, 30 July 2026, the site remains active. The available evidence confirms that the infrastructure is operational and that at least one security vendor has identified phishing‑related behavior. However, the limited number of detections and the single blocklist entry suggest that broader community awareness may still be developing. No additional metadata such as SSL certificate details, HTTP status codes, page title, or brand targeting has been released, leaving the exact content and lure mechanisms undocumented.

Defenders should block DNS resolution for kronex.cafe at the network perimeter and add the IP address 188.114.96.3 to host‑based deny lists. Email security gateways ought to incorporate the domain into phishing‑filter rule sets and monitor outbound traffic for connections to the listed nameservers. Continuous re‑scanning on VirusTotal and periodic checks of public blocklists are recommended to capture any escalation in detection counts. Incident response teams should treat any credential or credential‑like data submitted to this domain as compromised and advise affected users to reset credentials immediately.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260730-EFE2AC
Favicon MD5:       841c38bab33974ebf6a6b813a4ccc416
TLS cert SHA-256:      7b7dd19b84cb05067cf7bd264065fc210fd828a7680dc437eedadca38906cb7e

## 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/kronex.cafe/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=kronex.cafe
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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