# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pyrax-earn.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-23 08:56:10 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pyrax-earn.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 80/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Investment Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 9/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Sophos ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (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: ["autumn.ns.cloudflare.com", "coen.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-04-02 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-04-02 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-02 17:24:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-02 14:27:57 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-21 16:07:08 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-08 05:13:46 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d4e91-d1df-771a-936c-1ac54c0e68e1/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/55f45dba-a0da-42bd-bf38-fdbfd06c0085 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/pyrax-earn.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pyrax-earn.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pyrax-earn.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pyrax-earn.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pyrax-earn.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-02 17:25:47 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies pyrax-earn.xyz as an active generic phishing domain designed to impersonate a cryptocurrency or high-yield investment platform to steal user credentials and funds. The site carries an elevated risk rating due to its live hosting and recent registration, indicating an ongoing campaign rather than a dormant placeholder. Victims who interact risk credential harvesting, unauthorized withdrawals, or malware delivery through fake KYC or deposit portals. This domain was flagged by PhishDestroy on 2025-10-14 with an elevated risk classification of generic_phishing. VirusTotal analysis shows 2 of 95 security vendors flagged the URL as malicious as of the same date. The domain resolves to IP address 188.114.96.3, a known bulletproof hosting segment historically abused for fraudulent schemes. It was registered on March 28, 2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED using a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate to appear legitimate. At the time of detection, it was not listed on major blocklists, suggesting it is newly operational and actively evading early detection filters. Mitigation requires immediate network and user-level action. Organizations should block both the domain pyrax-earn.xyz and its resolved IP 188.114.96.3 at DNS and perimeter firewalls to prevent access. Users who may have visited should reset passwords used on the site and enable MFA on all financial and email accounts. Never enter personal, financial, or crypto wallet details on this domain. Report any interactions to your security team and local cybercrime units to support takedown efforts. Monitor for follow-on spear-phishing targeting credentials exposed to this domain. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260402-AE8AB5 Favicon MD5: 1d65fb304fb95427047a2c95167cb6ab ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pyrax-earn.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pyrax-earn.xyz 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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io