# PhishDestroy threat dossier — paradexfoundation.app ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 16:36:54 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/paradexfoundation.app/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.192.149 (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: jo.ns.cloudflare.com, rick.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-10 Expires: 2027-06-10 Page title: Paradex Foundation ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-08 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 084913c9b05b2af122363f5d799a4123ddadc309980b82aac6f4843aed9be39d ## 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: 2026-06-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-17 18:41:49 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-17 21:26:45 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-02 16:20:38 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-18 00:14:29 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ed674-d573-76c0-beb2-11cfdbad9f2a/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/6b965e36-d737-407b-813b-cf218076db21 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/paradexfoundation.app crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.paradexfoundation.app Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=paradexfoundation.app AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/paradexfoundation.app URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/paradexfoundation.app/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 20:08:04 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 for elevated-risk cryptocurrency phishing activity targeting users of the Paradex Foundation platform. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is designed to harvest wallet credentials, seed phrases, and private keys through fraudulent login portals or token distribution scams. The domain presents a direct financial threat to individuals interacting with decentralized finance (DeFi) or cryptocurrency services. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 10, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to IP address 172.67.192.149 and uses an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. Security vendor detections on VirusTotal report 6 out of 95 engines flagging the domain as malicious. The domain appears on one security blocklist and is actively blocked by PhishDestroy. The page title, 'Paradex Foundation,' directly mimics the legitimate entity to deceive targets. Mitigation requires immediate blocking of the domain and associated IP address across network security controls. Organizations should update endpoint protection rules to detect and prevent access to this infrastructure. Users should be alerted to verify domain authenticity before entering credentials or connecting wallets, particularly for platforms resembling Paradex Foundation. Security teams are advised to monitor for related domains registered through the same registrar or resolving to the same IP range, as threat actors frequently reuse infrastructure components. Incident responders should treat any interaction with this domain as a potential credential compromise event. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260617-0C0203 Favicon MD5: 9ad1dd39897328fdb7d29d18829ac9f6 TLS cert SHA-256: 084913c9b05b2af122363f5d799a4123ddadc309980b82aac6f4843aed9be39d ## 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/paradexfoundation.app/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=paradexfoundation.app 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: 173,920 domains (14,617 alive under monitoring, 158,575 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io