# PhishDestroy threat dossier — plexusempire.org
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 03:05:07 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/plexusempire.org/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 68/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Crypto Scam
Targeted brand: across

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      163.61.188.5 (US, New York City)
ASN:             ASAS153568 NEWDHAKAHARDWARE-AS-AP NEW DHAKA HARDWARE, BD
Hosting org:     AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      www.plexusempire.org

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R10
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:24:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:24:09 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 04:20:59 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-21 22:04:14 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/019885c6-a5f6-7580-b101-1e30287d6174/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/plexusempire.org
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.plexusempire.org
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=plexusempire.org
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/plexusempire.org
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/plexusempire.org/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 14:39:21 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

plexusempire.org Phishing Intelligence Report - PhishDestroy

The domain plexusempire.org, impersonating various brands, has a high threat score of 70/100 and is currently down. VirusTotal reports that only 1 out of 95 security vendors flagged this domain as malicious, with Gridinsoft being the sole vendor. It is listed on one public blocklist, while Google Safe Browsing has not flagged it.

Registrar information is not available, indicating potential use of privacy protection. The domain was created on February 21, 2026, and first seen on February 26, 2026. Given its high threat score and the detection status, it is advisable to block the domain at the perimeter and flag the hosting IP 163.61.188.5 as an indicator of compromise.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 1/93 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## 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/plexusempire.org/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=plexusempire.org
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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