# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pengu.exchange
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 19:20:02 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pengu.exchange/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 83/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Exchange

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      7/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.161.233 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, 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:     anahi.ns.cloudflare.com, yisroel.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-12-30
Expires:         2026-12-30
Page title:      しばらくお待ちください...

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-05-28
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: e3f55aa9cda043488672938363fee2807bfe86df27d7a243eb032a8bf2142758

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2025-12-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-01-04 11:34:20 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 20:19:13 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 19:19:11 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019b88c9-2957-7467-a053-005903f81a9f/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/pengu.exchange
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pengu.exchange
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pengu.exchange
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pengu.exchange
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pengu.exchange/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 03:28:12 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies pengu.exchange as a medium-risk generic phishing domain, aimed at deceiving users through fraudulent means. The domain exhibits suspicious characteristics consistent with phishing tactics, including irregular page titles and association with threat intelligence pulses.

Technically, pengu.exchange was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and resolves to IP address 172.67.161.233. It has been flagged by 7 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears on three separate security blocklists. The domain was detected within one AlienVault OTX threat pulse, confirming its involvement in known malicious activity.

Currently, pengu.exchange is offline, reducing immediate risk to users. PhishDestroy recommends maintaining vigilance by blocking this domain on organizational networks and updating threat intelligence feeds to prevent potential reactivation or copycat sites. Users are advised to avoid clicking on suspicious links related to this domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       cc84bbd877a9ba227ec8623a5626058d
TLS cert SHA-256:      e3f55aa9cda043488672938363fee2807bfe86df27d7a243eb032a8bf2142758

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pengu.exchange/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pengu.exchange
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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