# PhishDestroy threat dossier — palladiumbot-fr.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-28 18:08:16 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/palladiumbot-fr.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 92/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 8/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, Sophos URLQuery: 3 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.34.25 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 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: adrian.ns.cloudflare.com, rohin.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-26 Expires: 2027-05-26 Page title: Palladium Bot | Plateforme officielle de trading assisté par IA ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-08-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: bebcf6858cd02dcc981a80425bf43635f0358fa3043d9b0c36a0549610cbb23f ## 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: 2026-05-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-01 02:20:11 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-01 00:00:28 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-28 16:20:38 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-19 18:21:06 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e8053-8d7d-74b4-a704-e0c26031a992/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/2b59b471-53c5-4704-a11e-1ae8468cd81f Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/palladiumbot-fr.live crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.palladiumbot-fr.live Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=palladiumbot-fr.live AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/palladiumbot-fr.live URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/palladiumbot-fr.live/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 03:12:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as an elevated-risk phishing operation targeting users of AI-assisted trading platforms. Analysis indicates the site impersonated a legitimate automated trading service under the guise of "Palladium Bot," leveraging social engineering tactics to harvest credentials, financial details, or install malicious software. The threat specifically exploits interest in algorithmic trading and artificial intelligence to deceive victims into engaging with fraudulent investment schemes. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain palladiumbot-fr.live was registered on May 26, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, an offshore registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolved to the IP address 104.21.34.25, a Cloudflare-protected endpoint that obscures the true origin of the malicious content. The site employed Let's Encrypt SSL certificates to appear legitimate, while detected technologies included Unpkg, jsDelivr, jQuery, IPinfo, and Cloudflare Browser Insights, suggesting a reliance on third-party resources for functionality and tracking. Security vendors flagged the domain in 8 out of 95 VirusTotal scans, and it appears on at least one security blocklist. Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0/100, further confirming its malicious nature. The page title, "Palladium Bot | Plateforme officielle de trading assisté par IA," was designed to mimic an official French-language trading platform, increasing its credibility among targeted users. Mitigation measures for this threat include immediate blocking of the domain and its associated IP address (104.21.34.25) at the network perimeter. Organizations should update endpoint protection rules to detect and prevent access to newly registered domains from high-risk registrars, particularly those impersonating financial or AI-driven services. Users should be educated on the risks of AI trading scams, including red flags such as unsolicited investment offers, pressure to act quickly, and requests for sensitive financial information. Monitoring for similar domains using the same registrar or infrastructure (e.g., Cloudflare-protected IPs) can help preemptively identify related threats. Incident response teams should investigate any historical access to the domain within their networks to assess potential compromise or data exposure. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 8/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260601-8F4493 Favicon MD5: e87e3ca68a1f138a3526b5d53d7580c0 TLS cert SHA-256: bebcf6858cd02dcc981a80425bf43635f0358fa3043d9b0c36a0549610cbb23f ## 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/palladiumbot-fr.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=palladiumbot-fr.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 172,026 domains (13,415 alive under monitoring, 158,116 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io