# PhishDestroy threat dossier — paladinmining.net ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-08-01 07:03:06 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/paladinmining.net/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 78.40.143.162 (MY, Kuala Lumpur) ASN: AS45839 Shinjiru Technology Sdn Bhd Hosting org: Shinjiru Technology Sdn Bhd Registrar: Internet Domain Service BS Corp. Nameservers: ns1.afraid.org, ns2.afraid.org, ns3.afraid.org, ns4.afraid.org Registered: 2025-10-05 Expires: 2026-10-05 Page title: Paladin Mining-Home Page HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Sectigo Limited / Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA Expires: 2026-10-06 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: d278ff30c88d5787d859d6ab9b7f955386c3a0ee457ff43913a4ead766f993d1 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.paladinmining.net ## 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: 2025-10-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 07:30:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 08:40:37 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-08-01 08:20:25 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa20a-ec19-7396-aea3-ae8bdfe6a4de/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/0a7d9ee6-1e1a-4183-9c59-cb4e81e3391b Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/paladinmining.net crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.paladinmining.net Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=paladinmining.net AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/paladinmining.net URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/paladinmining.net/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 07:34:35 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is paladinmining.net a Phishing Scam? Analysis indicates that the domain paladinmining.net was registered on October 05, 2025 through Internet Domain Service BS Corp. The domain is currently active and resolves to the IP address 78.40.143.162. Its authoritative name servers are ns1.afraid.org, ns2.afraid.org, ns3.afraid.org, and ns4.afraid.org, which are commonly used by malicious operators to obtain flexible DNS control. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy filtering service. VirusTotal scans show that three of ninety‑one security vendors flagged the domain as malicious, indicating a modest but non‑trivial detection consensus. No additional public intelligence such as OTX tags, Safe Browsing entries, or SSL certificate details are presently available for this host. The lack of published page title or content analysis means the exact phishing lure employed by the site cannot be confirmed at this time. However, the combination of recent registration, use of shared hosting name servers, presence on a blocklist, and multiple vendor detections aligns with typical patterns observed in active generic phishing infrastructure. Defenders should continue to monitor the domain, enforce outbound traffic controls to block connections to 78.40.143.162, and ensure that email gateways and web proxies reference the latest blocklists that include paladinmining.net. Incident response teams should treat any communications that reference the domain as potentially fraudulent and advise users to avoid entering credentials or personal data. Ongoing reconnaissance, including periodic VirusTotal rescans and inspection of any newly observed HTTP responses, is recommended to refine the risk assessment as additional evidence emerges. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-F29A32 Favicon MD5: 6f6b2290bfc615e6311a64095f6ff1a4 TLS cert SHA-256: d278ff30c88d5787d859d6ab9b7f955386c3a0ee457ff43913a4ead766f993d1 ## 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/paladinmining.net/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=paladinmining.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: 196,249 domains (91,192 alive under monitoring, 27,325 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io