# PhishDestroy threat dossier — paxolaunch.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-16 16:44:57 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/paxolaunch.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 216.198.79.1 (US, Walnut) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AS16509 Amazon.com, 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: finley.ns.cloudflare.com, liz.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-08 Expires: 2027-07-08 Page title: Paxos Gold — Claim $PAXOS HTTP response: 308 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-10-05 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f0576683f4e9bb18766ff87ade4a98553b1bca61f779fbb62620569b16daac17 ## 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: 2026-07-08 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-10 12:24:53 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-12 23:42:00 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-16 16:20:47 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f4b8d-7c46-713e-a3c9-2bd7d30fb3e2/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/paxolaunch.live crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.paxolaunch.live Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=paxolaunch.live AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/paxolaunch.live URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/paxolaunch.live/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-13 00:16:00 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Analysis of paxolaunch.live shows a newly registered domain (creation date July 08 2026) hosted on an Amazon‑owned IP address (216.198.79.1) within ASN 16509. The domain uses Cloudflare DNS (finley.ns.cloudflare.com, liz.ns.cloudflare.com) and presents a valid Let's Encrypt certificate issued for one year. HTTP requests return a 308 permanent redirect, and the site loads libraries from Vercel, jsDelivr, cdnjs, and includes crypto-js, indicating a JavaScript‑heavy page. The page title "Paxos Gold — Claim $PAXOS" aligns with a crypto‑related phishing campaign. The domain is listed on a single security blocklist, has been flagged in one AlienVault OTX pulse, and is actively blocked by PhishDestroy. Infrastructure details suggest a typical abuse of reputable cloud services to lend legitimacy. No malware detections are reported, but the absence of detections does not confirm safety. Content has not been directly examined, so the exact phishing vector remains unknown. Defenders should treat paxolaunch.live as malicious, enforce network‑level blocks, monitor DNS queries for the listed nameservers, and consider sinkholing the IP. Continued observation is advised while the investigation remains open. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - WHOIS creation date: 2026-07-08 ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260712-91A412 Favicon MD5: c105da23200667081f91b7c476f1bde9 TLS cert SHA-256: f0576683f4e9bb18766ff87ade4a98553b1bca61f779fbb62620569b16daac17 ## 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/paxolaunch.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=paxolaunch.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 179,489 domains (50,961 alive under monitoring, 128,528 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io