# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pharoah.exchange
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Fetched:   2026-07-03 18:51:15 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pharoah.exchange/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 74/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Exchange

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Ermes, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.26.3.251 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Tucows Domains Inc.
Nameservers:     javier.ns.cloudflare.com, sunny.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-10
Expires:         2027-06-10
Page title:      Pharaoh Exchange

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-24
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: e3d668ab878683b743cdebd445df6f1ceab2d4b43724bfd9148ab264b1c72182

## 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: 2026-06-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-01 18:34:37 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-01 16:37:12 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-03 20:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-02 00:17:41 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/019f1e86-7389-7668-bb48-7cd7ee074012/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/pharoah.exchange
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pharoah.exchange
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pharoah.exchange
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pharoah.exchange
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pharoah.exchange/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-01 19:25:23 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

pharoah.exchange has been identified as an active generic phishing domain and poses a high risk to users. The site leverages the page title "Pharaoh Exchange" and currently remains operational. There are no direct indicators of impersonation of a specific financial platform based on the available intelligence, but the generic nature of the phishing tactics represents broad targeting potential.

Technical analysis reveals that this domain is flagged by 3 of 95 security vendors according to VirusTotal. pharoah.exchange was registered on June 10, 2026 through Tucows Domains Inc. The domain resolves to IP address 104.26.2.251 and employs an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. The limited detection rate suggests either recent deployment or use of evasion techniques to bypass automated security filters.

Given the ongoing active status and concrete detection by multiple vendors, users and organizations should block any communication with pharoah.exchange at the network perimeter. Security teams are advised to update threat intelligence feeds and monitor for any interactions with this domain, as further indicators or campaign escalations may emerge.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260701-6D60A7
Favicon MD5:       ec7e8e97cee0c6c3bdce82d7aa646c95
TLS cert SHA-256:      e3d668ab878683b743cdebd445df6f1ceab2d4b43724bfd9148ab264b1c72182

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pharoah.exchange/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pharoah.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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