# PhishDestroy threat dossier — rot.taxi ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 18:01:20 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rot.taxi/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## 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: arvind.ns.cloudflare.com, olga.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-23 Expires: 2027-06-23 Page title: tor.taxi - your ride to the darknet ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-21 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: d368fe149053e84857a6d7305953461f4a9bc867a8d5e6165b0df20a2ff470c7 ## 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: 2026-06-28 14:47:20 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-29 16:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:03:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0e43-db63-71b8-a029-9e2c38248e68/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/rot.taxi crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.rot.taxi Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=rot.taxi AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/rot.taxi URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/rot.taxi/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 15:00:21 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged under investigation for credential theft phishing targeting users seeking darknet access. The site presents itself as a gateway service with the page title 'tor.taxi - your ride to the darknet,' a clear social engineering lure designed to harvest login credentials or payment details from individuals attempting to access restricted networks. Analysis indicates the domain rot.taxi was registered on June 23, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It currently resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3 and remains active. VirusTotal reports 0/95 detections, suggesting the infrastructure has not yet been widely flagged by security vendors. No entries were found on major blocklists, and trust scores remain neutral due to limited visibility. The domain's recent creation and lack of prior reputation increase the likelihood of malicious intent. Mitigation steps specific to this threat type include immediate blocking of the domain and IP at the network perimeter. Security teams should monitor for connections to 188.114.96.3 and inspect logs for outbound requests to rot.taxi. End-user education should emphasize the risks of darknet-themed services, particularly those soliciting credentials or financial information. If credentials were entered, affected accounts must be rotated, and multi-factor authentication enabled where possible. Network traffic analysis should prioritize identifying compromised hosts that interacted with this infrastructure. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 1/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: d368fe149053e84857a6d7305953461f4a9bc867a8d5e6165b0df20a2ff470c7 ## 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/rot.taxi/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=rot.taxi 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: 172,677 domains (13,179 alive under monitoring, 158,908 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io