# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sparkdex.exchange
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Fetched:   2026-06-06 21:27:03 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sparkdex.exchange/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 93/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Wallet drainer: Wallet Connect Abuse

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Dynadot LLC
Nameservers:     donald.ns.cloudflare.com, hera.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-11-29
Expires:         2026-11-29
Page title:      SparkDEX

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-05-07
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: dfb6165d2f1ca4b18d184b7d22811ebaaed2f7f65550166ac4adb9edcb4459d8

## 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: 2025-11-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-12-17 21:06:25 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-02 17:20:40 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-02-22 06:05:35 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/019b2e22-427d-779e-aec4-0df2c0d71cca/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/sparkdex.exchange
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.sparkdex.exchange
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=sparkdex.exchange
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/sparkdex.exchange
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/sparkdex.exchange/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 05:43:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has classified sparkdex.exchange as a medium-risk crypto drainer domain. The site was designed to exploit cryptocurrency users by abusing Wallet Connect protocols to siphon funds without consent.

The domain was registered on November 29, 2025, via Dynadot LLC and linked to IP address 188.114.96.3. It carries a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100 and appears on two security blocklists. Although VirusTotal flagged it with only three out of 95 security vendors, the presence on blocklists and the use of a known drainer kit reinforce its malicious intent.

Currently, sparkdex.exchange is offline, reducing immediate threat exposure. Users are advised to avoid visiting or interacting with this domain to prevent wallet compromise. Monitoring and blocking this domain on organizational networks remains a prudent security measure.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 3/95 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       d05bc98768bc62d9d251165f5225330b
TLS cert SHA-256:      dfb6165d2f1ca4b18d184b7d22811ebaaed2f7f65550166ac4adb9edcb4459d8

## 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/sparkdex.exchange/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sparkdex.exchange
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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