# PhishDestroy threat dossier — piaproxy.info ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-09 09:35:38 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/piaproxy.info/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.129.50 (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: cleo.ns.cloudflare.com, nola.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-03 Expires: 2027-07-03 Page title: Piaproxy PIA S5 Proxy - 350M+ Residential Socks5 Proxy Client HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-01 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f47582feb738f6df26b9d750d6a3d8386e705866f8e9266a2ba71d4f7090f570 ## 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: 2026-07-03 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-06 16:20:31 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-09 08:20:47 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-06 18:16:50 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f37cc-89b5-751b-921d-4990db8e6414/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/piaproxy.info crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.piaproxy.info Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=piaproxy.info AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/piaproxy.info URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/piaproxy.info/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-06 16:56:01 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 as a high-risk credential theft proxy scam, specifically designed to harvest authentication details under the guise of a residential SOCKS5 proxy service. Analysis indicates the site mimics legitimate proxy providers to deceive users into submitting sensitive credentials, which are then likely exploited for unauthorized access or resale on underground markets. The threat type is narrowly classified as credential theft, not generic phishing, due to its targeted focus on proxy authentication abuse. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple concerning indicators. The domain piaproxy.info is registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and was created on July 03, 2026, an anomalous future date suggesting potential domain spoofing or registry manipulation. It currently resolves to the IP address 104.21.1.115, a Cloudflare-associated endpoint that may obscure the true origin of the malicious infrastructure. VirusTotal reports 2 out of 95 security vendors have flagged the domain, a low detection rate that underscores the sophistication of the threat. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, providing a false sense of legitimacy while the page title, Piaproxy PIA S5 Proxy - 350M+ Residential Socks5 Proxy Client, impersonates established proxy services to enhance credibility. No blocklist entries or trust scores from major threat intelligence platforms were identified at the time of assessment, further complicating detection. Mitigation steps for this credential theft proxy scam require immediate action from both end users and network administrators. Users should avoid interacting with the domain, particularly submitting any credentials or personal information. Network-level protections should include blocking the domain and its resolving IP address (104.21.1.115) at firewalls and DNS resolvers. Organizations should monitor for unusual proxy authentication attempts, as compromised credentials may be used to bypass security controls. Security teams are advised to conduct retrospective analysis of logs for connections to piaproxy.info or the associated IP, and to reset any credentials that may have been exposed. Given the domain's use of Cloudflare, additional scrutiny of traffic patterns to shared infrastructure is recommended to identify related malicious activity. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: f8c4e2caf53a2f5631072093c9ec80e6 TLS cert SHA-256: f47582feb738f6df26b9d750d6a3d8386e705866f8e9266a2ba71d4f7090f570 ## 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/piaproxy.info/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=piaproxy.info 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: 176,456 domains (40,134 alive under monitoring, 136,298 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io