# PhishDestroy threat dossier — market-qx.trade ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-01 01:57:17 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/market-qx.trade/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange Targeted brand: Investment Scam Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_divergence) (score: 2/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Gridinsoft AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.18.32.198 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. Nameservers: ["howard.ns.cloudflare.com", "sofia.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: Quotex trading platform | QxBroker official site HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: SSL Corporation / Cloudflare TLS Issuing ECC CA 3 Expires: 2026-06-10 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: a360d020499976d870bbb2b1cc2102467991e5d1e0ccf3cdc14be9709beec94c ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-26 23:22:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-05-01 04:44:32 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019cd0de-ca2c-752c-84a8-e914ffbcbdd9/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/market-qx.trade crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.market-qx.trade Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=market-qx.trade AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/market-qx.trade URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/market-qx.trade/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-03 16:17:36 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies market-qx.trade as a medium-risk phishing domain designed to deceive users through fraudulent schemes. The domain's classification as generic phishing indicates its potential to harvest sensitive information from unsuspecting victims. Supporting evidence includes its recent creation date and appearance on a security blocklist. The domain has been flagged by several security vendors on VirusTotal, and threat intelligence sources such as AlienVault OTX have detected it in malicious activity pulses. Its registration through a dead domain service further casts doubts on its legitimacy and trustworthiness. Users are advised to avoid any interaction with market-qx.trade. The domain is currently offline, reducing immediate risk, but vigilance remains essential. Employing robust email filters and endpoint protection can help prevent exposure to similar phishing threats in the future. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: af85b4d87188544de8285978c24b6216 TLS cert SHA-256: a360d020499976d870bbb2b1cc2102467991e5d1e0ccf3cdc14be9709beec94c ## 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/market-qx.trade/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=market-qx.trade 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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io