# PhishDestroy threat dossier — portal.madness.finance
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Fetched:   2026-05-14 09:07:03 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/portal.madness.finance/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 79/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: wallet_connect_phish
Targeted brand: magic eden (and: monad)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, Seclookup
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      175.41.162.43 (SG, Singapore)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       AMAZON-AP-RESOURCES-SG (ASN: 16509)
Nameservers:     NS_NOT_FOUND
Page title:      Madness - The Lead DEX Built on Monad - ...
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
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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First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-10-21 08:04:12 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-14 10:19:16 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-14 06:12:33 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/019a05cb-5ac2-76e6-916b-30b83710cb01/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/portal.madness.finance
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.portal.madness.finance
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=portal.madness.finance
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/portal.madness.finance
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/portal.madness.finance/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:38:35 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies portal.madness.finance as a low-risk generic phishing domain that impersonated a decentralized exchange platform. The site’s page title "Madness - The Lead DEX Built on Monad" suggests it targeted users interested in cryptocurrency trading, aiming to deceive them into divulging sensitive information. Although the domain is no longer active, its prior presence posed a potential threat to unsuspecting visitors.

The domain was registered via AMAZON-AP-RESOURCES-SG (ASN: 16509) and resolved to the IP address 175.41.162.43. It appeared on two security blocklists and triggered alerts from 2 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors, indicating some detection but limited widespread recognition. The takedown of the domain has mitigated immediate risk, but historical data points to malicious intent within the cryptocurrency phishing landscape.

Users are advised to remain vigilant when encountering suspicious decentralized exchange platforms or finance-related domains, especially those with unfamiliar URLs. Avoid entering credentials or private keys on unverified sites. If users believe they interacted with portal.madness.finance, they should monitor accounts for unauthorized activity and update security measures. Continuous awareness and cautious navigation remain key defenses against phishing threats like this.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       59ac9c9aab405add52e530e6e5e171e84d79d31a355a287dc744e229c938d716

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