# PhishDestroy threat dossier — kyq.finance
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Fetched:   2026-06-28 21:30:32 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/kyq.finance/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 58/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Trustwave
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
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:     cass.ns.cloudflare.com, anirban.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-12-05
Expires:         2026-12-05
Page title:      Success!

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-05-03
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 1d88bf259fb981d2881fe1d08d4431f3486f25417ce0fb5debd90c8bff99606b

## 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: 2025-12-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-12-14 01:40:28 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-28 20:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 15:26:15 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/019b1a83-cec7-766d-bf0e-5307d69e37da/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/kyq.finance
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.kyq.finance
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=kyq.finance
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/kyq.finance
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/kyq.finance/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 15:55:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain kyq.finance, associated with a generic phishing operation, has a high threat score of 85/100 and is currently down. Eight out of 95 security vendors have flagged this domain as malicious, including recognizable names such as Fortinet and Sophos. It is listed on one public blocklist, while Google Safe Browsing has not flagged it.

Registered with NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited, the domain was created on December 5, 2025, and first detected on December 14, 2025. The hosting IP is 188.114.96.3. Given the high threat level, block this domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar's abuse desk.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       2e8deb28946a6b41ccb927eaa43bbaa78ea82cef39a40638f2e5afa8e90e73ca
TLS cert SHA-256:      1d88bf259fb981d2881fe1d08d4431f3486f25417ce0fb5debd90c8bff99606b

## 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/kyq.finance/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=kyq.finance
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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