# PhishDestroy threat dossier — madness.finance
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Fetched:   2026-05-14 08:06:41 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/madness.finance/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 67/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: wallet_connect_phish
Targeted brand: discord (and: monad, near, telegram, twitter)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/95 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      54.151.204.186 (SG, Singapore)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Nameservers:     ns-1061.awsdns-04.org, ns-135.awsdns-16.com, ns-1866.awsdns-41.co.uk, ns-715.awsdns-25.net
Registered:      2025-02-18
Expires:         2026-02-18
Page title:      Madness - The Lead DEX Built on Monad
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2025-02-18 (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:    2025-08-25 12:00:06 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-14 10:12:30 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-02-24 03:00:08 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/0198e119-32a5-726b-8d99-496136cce3f5/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/madness.finance
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.madness.finance
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=madness.finance
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/madness.finance
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/madness.finance/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:18:25 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has identified madness.finance as a medium-risk phishing domain impersonating a decentralized exchange platform. The site falsely presented itself as "Madness - The Lead DEX Built on Monad," aiming to deceive users into divulging sensitive information.

Technical analysis revealed that madness.finance resolved to the IP address 54.151.204.186. Although registration details remain unavailable, the domain’s phishing nature was confirmed through its misleading page title and generic phishing tactics targeting cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

Currently, madness.finance is offline, mitigating further risk to potential victims. Users are advised to remain cautious of similar fraudulent sites and verify URLs before engaging with crypto-related platforms. PhishDestroy continues to monitor such threats to protect the community.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       fabbbbbf963711db3ce399b47d7d2dc25b45bb5b1621baebdf127a672f98bddc

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