# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pontemnetwork.trade
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Fetched:   2026-06-07 12:22:52 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pontemnetwork.trade/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/91 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameSilo, LLC

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!!
NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about
received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com)
for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our
X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence.
Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket —
NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received.
Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter
  https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed

Nameservers:     lennox.ns.cloudflare.com, ophelia.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-02-23
Page title:      Pontem
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-07-22
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 5a04f5deef5e34da0e07f0953a7fa448304827cef3a1ff69c8c88d016894d9c5

## 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: 2026-02-23 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-04 16:18:52 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-05-04 13:24:02 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-07 12:54:57 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 17:32:11 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/019df323-0738-70d8-bc0b-f0f4c84d9c8f/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/961d5f90-775f-4598-b4d0-0995f482a279
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/pontemnetwork.trade
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pontemnetwork.trade
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pontemnetwork.trade
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pontemnetwork.trade
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pontemnetwork.trade/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-07 12:54:57 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Threat Overview
The domain pontemnetwork.trade is a live, generic phishing/scam operation with a high threat score of 85/100. It actively serves traffic and is listed on 3 public blocklists, indicating malicious intent despite no specific brand impersonation.

Risk Indicators
- 0 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious.
- The domain is listed on 3 public blocklists.
- The domain was created on 2026-02-23, making it a very recent registration.
- Google Safe Browsing has not flagged this domain.

Technical Details
- Registrar: NameSilo, LLC
- Hosting IP: 188.114.96.3
- VirusTotal: 0 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious (domain scan, not IP)
- Domain Created: 2026-02-23

Recommendations
- Block and report this domain immediately via your threat-intel platform.
- Monitor network traffic for connections to 188.114.96.3 and block the IP at the firewall.
- Add the domain to your blocklist and alert users about potential phishing attempts.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260504-C521AC
Favicon MD5:       691c84dc984bbe4b986366a59319ee55
TLS cert SHA-256:      5a04f5deef5e34da0e07f0953a7fa448304827cef3a1ff69c8c88d016894d9c5

## 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/pontemnetwork.trade/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pontemnetwork.trade
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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