# PhishDestroy threat dossier — official.thenexusmarket.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-17 10:07:50 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/official.thenexusmarket.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 87/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Base

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/92 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      80.78.30.253 (SE, Malmo)
ASN:             AS39287 Materialism s.r.l.
Hosting org:     ab stract
Registrar:       Internet Domain Service BS Corp
Nameservers:     ["dns1.icedns.is", "dns2.icedns.is"]
Registered:      2026-05-15
Page title:      Nexus Market — Secure Darknet Marketplace & Database (2026)

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-07-29
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 3a8bcf756256d94ed0fd285d138660cb13e5f0cc02f0c207063c18601052912a
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - access.thenexusmarket.com
  - thenexusmarket.com
  - www.thenexusmarket.com

## 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: 2026-05-15 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-15 22:15:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-05-17 00:49:28 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-16 20:10:26 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/019e2d0f-47c5-71bb-8b9f-5e67fcff3e6d/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/official.thenexusmarket.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.official.thenexusmarket.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=official.thenexusmarket.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/official.thenexusmarket.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/official.thenexusmarket.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-05-15 22:16:10 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies official.thenexusmarket.com as a generic phishing domain impersonating an official marketplace to deceive visitors into surrendering sensitive data such as login credentials or payment details. No drainer kit or brand spoofing trademark was observed during initial scans, but the domain's construct and recent registration strongly suggest a fresh campaign designed for quick credential theft.  official.thenexusmarket.com was registered on August 24, 2025 via Internet Domain Service BS Corp., resolving to IP 80.78.30.253. The domain currently holds a clean 0/95 VirusTotal detection score, carries a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, and remains unblocked by Google Safe Browsing as of this report.  The domain remains active and under investigation as of seed 1ba491. Security teams have flagged the urgency due to its potential to propagate via social engineering and low detection coverage. Users are advised to block the domain at network level and avoid any interaction. Remaining risk is evaluated as high pending containment and deeper forensic analysis.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/92 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       1584ab7b10fb2e905e8cf64f2e81bb1c
TLS cert SHA-256:      3a8bcf756256d94ed0fd285d138660cb13e5f0cc02f0c207063c18601052912a

## 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/official.thenexusmarket.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=official.thenexusmarket.com
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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