# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ripple-kr.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 12:15:17 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ripple-kr.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: celer

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.61.135 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Registered:      2025-07-23
Expires:         2026-07-23
Page title:      Ripple Inc.

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
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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Domain registered: 2025-07-23 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:21:51 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-22 01:41:23 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-21 22:04:29 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/019873bc-57a7-70fd-b41a-7e0377bd19b3/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/ripple-kr.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ripple-kr.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ripple-kr.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ripple-kr.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ripple-kr.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 02:20:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies ripple-kr.com as an active phishing domain posing a medium risk through brand impersonation targeting XRP. The domain attempts to deceive users by using the page title "Ripple Inc.", closely related to the legitimate Ripple brand within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

This domain was created recently on February 21, 2026 and currently resolves to IP address 104.21.61.135. It is listed on one security blocklist and flagged by 8 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating moderate confidence in malicious activity. The domain infrastructure and branding efforts aim to exploit user trust associated with XRP to lure victims potentially into credential theft or fraudulent transactions.

Given the domain’s ongoing active status and confirmed blocklist inclusion, users are strongly advised to avoid visiting ripple-kr.com. Organizations should update their internal blocklists and educate users about this threat. Continuous monitoring for changes in the domain’s activity or infrastructure is recommended to mitigate potential phishing risks associated with this brand impersonation.

## 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/ripple-kr.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ripple-kr.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

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