# PhishDestroy threat dossier — portal.apextrades.org
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Fetched:   2026-07-30 00:02:49 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/portal.apextrades.org/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs
Composite threat score: 56/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: AML Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      31.210.50.51 (TR, Yakuplu)
ASN:             AS214036 Ultahost, Inc.
Hosting org:     Ultahost Hosting VE Veri Merkezi Ltd. STI
Registrar:       Ultahost, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["ns1.ultahost.com", "ns2.ultahost.com", "ns3.ultahost.com", "ns4.ultahost.com"]
Page title:      ApexTrades — Seamless Investment, Endless Possibilities
HTTP response:   301

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR2
Expires:    2026-10-11
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 2e32478e88e616a28c356cda4e714fec5c29926a52f2978f64becb1e8cd72b8e
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.portal.apextrades.org

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-27 22:03:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-30 00:40:12 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-27 22:04:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

portal.apextrades.org — Generic Phishing Investigation

On July 27, 2026, analysis of portal.apextrades.org identified an active generic phishing infrastructure. The domain resolves to four authoritative name servers (ns1.ultahost.com through ns4.ultahost.com) that are operated by Ultahost, Inc., the registrar listed in the registration records. HTTP requests to the domain receive a 301 permanent redirect response, a behavior commonly used to forward victims to a malicious landing page while preserving the original URL in browsers and security tools.

VirusTotal has logged a single detection out of 91 scanned vendors, suggesting at least one security product has observed malicious activity associated with the host. The domain also appears on one external security blocklist, and it has been flagged by the PhishDestroy filtering service. No additional public intelligence such as SSL certificate details, hosting IP address, or page title has been released, leaving the exact content of the redirected location unverified.

Given the combination of registrar information, the presence of multiple name servers under a single provider, the observed 301 redirect, and the confirmation from both VirusTotal and an independent blocklist, the infrastructure should be considered high‑risk. Defensive teams are advised to add portal.apextrades.org to URL filtering and DNS sinkhole rules, monitor any DNS queries to the listed name servers, and maintain vigilance for phishing attempts that reference the “apex trades” brand or similar phrasing. Continuous re‑evaluation is recommended, as further analysis of the final redirect target may reveal additional malicious payloads or credential‑harvesting pages.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      2e32478e88e616a28c356cda4e714fec5c29926a52f2978f64becb1e8cd72b8e

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