# PhishDestroy threat dossier — para-dex.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-22 15:33:18 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/para-dex.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: TUCOWS.COM, CO. Nameservers: danica.ns.cloudflare.com, pranab.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-20 Expires: 2027-06-20 Page title: Paradex - Perp & Options DEX | ZK-Encrypted Trading HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-25 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6dce26398c80eeedc6ea8127ebade47eb6f7a3147bf1a24dd439f8cb7c1ed8a7 ## 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: 2026-06-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-06 14:57:02 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-22 16:20:27 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f377f-9069-71b1-a6af-9d0a5034b09d/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/para-dex.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.para-dex.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=para-dex.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/para-dex.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/para-dex.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-06 15:00:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] para-dex.com: Confirmed Crypto Trading Platform Impersonation This domain is flagged as a high-risk phishing site specializing in crypto platform impersonation. Analysis indicates the site mimics legitimate decentralized exchange (DEX) services, specifically advertising "ZK-Encrypted Trading" for perpetual and options contracts. The threat type aligns with credential harvesting and crypto wallet drainer schemes, where victims are tricked into connecting wallets or entering private keys under false pretenses of secure trading. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: para-dex.com was registered on June 20, 2026, through TUCOWS.COM, CO., an atypical registrar for crypto platforms. It currently resolves to IP address 188.114.97.3, which has no prior association with legitimate trading infrastructure. VirusTotal detection shows 1/95 security vendors flagging the domain, a low but non-zero signal that suggests early-stage malicious activity. No blocklist entries or trust scores from major threat intelligence platforms were observed at the time of analysis, indicating the domain may still be in the initial deployment phase. Mitigation steps for this specific threat type include immediate blocking of the domain and IP at the network perimeter. Organizations should deploy indicators of compromise (IOCs) in endpoint detection systems, focusing on the domain, IP, and any associated wallet addresses advertised on the site. Users should be educated to verify domain registration dates (notably, legitimate platforms rarely use domains created within the last 30 days) and cross-check official project documentation before connecting wallets. Crypto wallet software should be configured to warn users when interacting with newly registered domains or those lacking verifiable on-chain history. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 3 feeds ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: d993dbca97d25ef19c9bc4cabd595a62 TLS cert SHA-256: 6dce26398c80eeedc6ea8127ebade47eb6f7a3147bf1a24dd439f8cb7c1ed8a7 ## 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/para-dex.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=para-dex.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 188,196 domains (57,641 alive under monitoring, 128,922 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io