# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pongoexplorer.info ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-04 16:47:50 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pongoexplorer.info/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 87/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.215.56 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: 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: demi.ns.cloudflare.com, west.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-24 Expires: 2027-04-24 Page title: Pongo XRP — Claim Your $PONGO Allocation ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-07-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: d6480385e63391c0f9b4b4ba493be261f12699fa0af13210e91e5d492c16a73c ## 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: 2026-04-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-01 17:22:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-01 14:23:31 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-04 16:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 17:32:43 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019de3e9-a4e5-767c-bae1-346dab6ccc56/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/76f73278-ca42-47e4-af37-00bdd1939276 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/pongoexplorer.info crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pongoexplorer.info Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pongoexplorer.info AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pongoexplorer.info URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pongoexplorer.info/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-05-01 17:23:34 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies the active domain pongoexplorer.info as hosting a fake login page designed to harvest user credentials and spread a crypto drainer malware. This threat is currently under investigation but remains active, posing a credible risk to visitors who interact with the fraudulent interface. The domain is engineered to mimic legitimate financial platforms, tricking users into submitting sensitive information that is subsequently exfiltrated by attackers for credential theft and cryptocurrency theft. This domain was flagged by 1 of 95 VirusTotal vendors at the time of analysis, indicating a low detection rate despite clear malicious intent. The domain was registered on April 24, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to IP address 172.67.215.56 and is associated with a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which may contribute to a false sense of legitimacy. Currently, the domain has zero entries in known blocklists and maintains low trust scores, highlighting its recent emergence and immature threat intelligence coverage. Based on available intelligence, PhishDestroy advises users and organizations to avoid accessing pongoexplorer.info. If the site was visited or credentials were entered, users should immediately revoke access, change passwords, and scan devices for malware. Security teams should block the domain at the network level and report indicators to threat intelligence platforms. Continuous monitoring of this domain is recommended due to its evolving nature and low detection coverage. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260501-F6F80A Favicon MD5: 104838fa8c594a15b4bab99f1092bd92 TLS cert SHA-256: d6480385e63391c0f9b4b4ba493be261f12699fa0af13210e91e5d492c16a73c ## 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/pongoexplorer.info/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pongoexplorer.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: 174,665 domains (12,655 alive under monitoring, 161,167 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io