# PhishDestroy threat dossier — monstead.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-05 06:21:17 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/monstead.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 62/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: investment_scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/92 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: 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: ["collins.ns.cloudflare.com", "louis.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-05-09 Page title: Monstead | Official Platform for AI Assisted Trading ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-08-01 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f8336762047dda6b3db8792c262a3670129f93a91ada63b68449eb07d22bc2d4 ## 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: 2026-05-09 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-09 11:30:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-15 00:27:29 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-05 08:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-09 15:28:07 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-22 23:08:37 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Monstead.live, now offline, was an investment scam domain that presented itself as an official platform for AI-assisted trading. Despite being flagged by only 2 out of 92 vendors on VirusTotal, it managed to deceive users by imitating a legitimate trading service. The domain was registered with NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and was hosted on an IP address managed by CloudFlare, Inc. in Canada. The site used a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which is a common choice for both legitimate and malicious sites due to its free and automated nature. This can often lend a false sense of security to unsuspecting visitors. Monstead.live's presence on one public blocklist, specifically PhishDestroy's, highlights its malicious intent, despite its low detection rate on VirusTotal. Phishing domains like monstead.live exploit the critical time window between domain registration and antivirus database updates. PhishDestroy's early detection capabilities allow it to capture threats in this pre-detection phase, providing vital intelligence before they proliferate widely. The site's takedown ensures it no longer poses a threat, but its brief existence underscores the ongoing challenge of identifying and neutralizing such scams swiftly. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 51ef3b344a3491ba956860bebe8eaef0 TLS cert SHA-256: f8336762047dda6b3db8792c262a3670129f93a91ada63b68449eb07d22bc2d4 ## 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/monstead.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=monstead.live 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: 174,844 domains (12,680 alive under monitoring, 161,290 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io