# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pay-trust.cc ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-30 13:49:52 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pay-trust.cc/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 62/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.78.231 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: frank.ns.cloudflare.com, isla.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-25 Expires: 2027-06-25 Page title: TrustCard - The Future of Credit Cards ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: c5af6f79572760f2781ba762cab6cb1af67817bf62501eb72b0aac1f3ab5f2f9 ## 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: 2026-06-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-29 11:47:41 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-29 09:53:47 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-30 12:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 12:16:41 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f12c6-1b50-725f-865c-9a884ee28d62/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/f10f8e92-98ce-4690-9b90-7b6c2ed5b362 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/pay-trust.cc crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pay-trust.cc Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pay-trust.cc AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pay-trust.cc URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pay-trust.cc/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-29 11:55:05 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, pay-trust.cc, is flagged as a high-risk credential theft operation specifically impersonating TrustCard, a financial services brand. The page title, 'TrustCard - The Future of Credit Cards,' directly mimics legitimate credit card provider communications, suggesting an intent to harvest user login credentials, payment details, or personal identification information. No crypto drainer kit signatures were observed in initial analysis, but the domain exhibits classic indicators of a credential harvesting campaign targeting banking or fintech users. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: the domain was registered on June 25, 2026, through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. It resolves to IP address 104.21.78.231, a Cloudflare-associated endpoint commonly used to obfuscate origin servers. VirusTotal detection shows 2 out of 95 security vendors flagging the domain as malicious, a low but notable signal given the domain's recent creation. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, providing a false sense of legitimacy. No Google Safe Browsing (GSB) blocklist entries were identified at the time of analysis, and no additional blocklist hits were recorded across major threat intelligence platforms. As of the latest assessment, pay-trust.cc remains active and unmitigated. No takedown requests or registrar suspensions have been observed. Users encountering this domain are advised to avoid interaction, particularly entering login credentials or financial information. Organizations should update web filtering rules to block the domain and its resolving IP, and monitor for related phishing emails or SMS campaigns distributing this URL. Given the domain's recent registration and low detection rate, continued vigilance is required as threat actors may pivot infrastructure or expand targeting. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260629-36A2B0 Favicon MD5: 9c9144dcbff6ca073309263539a60298 TLS cert SHA-256: c5af6f79572760f2781ba762cab6cb1af67817bf62501eb72b0aac1f3ab5f2f9 ## 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/pay-trust.cc/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pay-trust.cc 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: 172,677 domains (12,746 alive under monitoring, 159,341 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io