# PhishDestroy threat dossier — qtradedirectinvestment.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-04 02:34:42 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/qtradedirectinvestment.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 56/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 198.251.84.200 (US, Cheyenne) Hosting org: AS53667 FranTech Solutions Registrar: HOSTINGER operations, UAB Nameservers: ns5.asurahosting.com, ns5.my-control-panel.com, ns6.asurahosting.com, ns6.my-control-panel.com Registered: 2026-06-23 Expires: 2027-06-23 Page title: Qtrade Direct Investment • Home ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-09-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f67c2a14ba51f7edcdd7e96250d17c2baafa74d51d63981d77f4d1328510f12d ## 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: 2026-06-23 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-03 04:28:38 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-03 02:31:31 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-04 04:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-03 12:17:53 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f25cd-04f1-76ab-a037-486ca5d5fbc2/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/458e464b-c39d-4ed0-89cf-5d01b6f88dba Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/qtradedirectinvestment.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.qtradedirectinvestment.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=qtradedirectinvestment.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/qtradedirectinvestment.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/qtradedirectinvestment.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-03 04:44:46 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, qtradedirectinvestment.com, is flagged as a high-risk phishing site impersonating Qtrade Direct Investment, a legitimate financial services platform. Analysis indicates the threat type is brand impersonation, specifically targeting users through a fake login portal designed to harvest credentials. The page title, 'Qtrade Direct Investment • Home,' directly mimics the legitimate brand, increasing the likelihood of successful social engineering attacks. No evidence of a crypto drainer kit or direct malware deployment was observed, though credential theft remains the primary objective. Technical indicators confirm the domain's malicious infrastructure. VirusTotal reports 1 of 95 security vendors flagging qtradedirectinvestment.com as malicious. The domain was registered through HOSTINGER operations, UAB, on June 23, 2026, an anomalous future date suggesting potential registration data manipulation. It resolves to the IP address 198.251.84.200, and employs a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate to appear legitimate. Google Safe Browsing (GSB) status is currently unlisted, and no additional blocklist entries were identified beyond the single VirusTotal detection. The domain's creation date discrepancy further indicates an attempt to evade detection or analysis. As of this report, qtradedirectinvestment.com remains active and unblocked by most security vendors. Immediate response actions should include blacklisting the domain and IP address 198.251.84.200 across enterprise security tools, as well as monitoring for credential reuse attempts from harvested data. Despite the low detection rate, the domain's active status and brand impersonation tactics pose a significant risk to end users. Organizations are advised to implement DNS-based blocking and educate users on recognizing phishing indicators, such as mismatched URLs, suspicious SSL issuers, and anomalous registration details. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260703-57697E Favicon MD5: f62b143b1a52b54381e7b2784235c06b TLS cert SHA-256: f67c2a14ba51f7edcdd7e96250d17c2baafa74d51d63981d77f4d1328510f12d ## 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/qtradedirectinvestment.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=qtradedirectinvestment.com 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: 174,417 domains (12,388 alive under monitoring, 161,211 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io