# PhishDestroy threat dossier — mercatorgenius.net ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 05:01:59 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mercatorgenius.net/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 52/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 2.24.15.218 (FR, Paris) ASN: AS47583 Hostinger International Limited Hosting org: AS47583 Hostinger International Limited Registrar: Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — Trustname / Fewmoretaps OU !!! Trustname (IANA #4318) is a shell company declaring EUR 120 annual revenue, 1 employee, negative equity, Belarusian ownership. Explicitly advertises itself as 'bulletproof' in its DNS TXT records. Primary source: https://phishdestroy.io/trustname-bulletproof-exposed Nameservers: ares.trustname.com, ns1.anycastdns.cz, ns2.anycastdns.cz, zeus.trustname.com Registered: 2026-07-05 Expires: 2027-07-05 HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE2 Expires: 2026-10-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6e5546c08050093e030784dac289a03595413e050bc7c7144b604ddd736b8711 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.mercatorgenius.net ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-07-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-10 11:56:16 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-12 20:01:50 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-13 04:20:41 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-12 14:00:48 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f4b73-800e-7534-8c5e-32f453e24b69/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/7dc0ad58-1b65-452f-9cab-fd98bc308f36 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/mercatorgenius.net crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.mercatorgenius.net Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=mercatorgenius.net AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/mercatorgenius.net URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/mercatorgenius.net/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-10 12:00:11 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain mercatorgenius.net has been categorized as posing a generic phishing threat and is currently under investigation with a risk level marked as under investigation. Registered on July 05, 2026, this domain has a VirusTotal (VT) detection score of 0/95, indicating it has not yet been flagged by any security vendors. The domain is registered through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com, and it resolves to the IP address 2.24.15.218. No blocklists currently report this domain, and its trust score remains undefined due to the lack of detections. The newly created domain, along with its active status, raises concern for potential phishing activities targeting unsuspecting victims. To mitigate the potential threat presented by mercatorgenius.net, organizations should consider implementing real-time monitoring of domain activities and email alerts for users to report suspected phishing incidents. Direct outreach to users, including training on identification of phishing attempts, is also advisable. Additionally, integration of domain reputation services that analyze newly created domains can help in early threat detection. An investigation into the domain’s associated IP and CNAME records may provide further insights into its use and connections to known malicious infrastructure. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed - VirusTotal detections: now 2/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260712-414F7C Favicon MD5: e620a6d6260ec6351cff3074550eea74 TLS cert SHA-256: 6e5546c08050093e030784dac289a03595413e050bc7c7144b604ddd736b8711 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mercatorgenius.net/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=mercatorgenius.net 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 178,009 domains (49,743 alive under monitoring, 128,266 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io