# PhishDestroy threat dossier — spax30t-cointelegraph.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-14 23:47:00 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/spax30t-cointelegraph.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 67/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Ethereum ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.63.236 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: ["olof.ns.cloudflare.com", "shubhi.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-05-06 Page title: SPAX30T: Redefining the Future of AI-Blockchain Cryptocurrencies – Cointelegraph: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News & Price Indexes ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-02 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: a7e10af82d1d3120418ca42cf4c494133f396f3b68e28d590ca9e64d5c7b5df8 ## 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: 2026-05-06 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-06 14:03:43 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-05-14 13:40:07 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-12 00:06:27 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dfcf3-a951-748a-b892-12a2aee76ae2/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/spax30t-cointelegraph.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.spax30t-cointelegraph.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=spax30t-cointelegraph.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/spax30t-cointelegraph.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/spax30t-cointelegraph.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-05-06 14:05:30 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies spax30t-cointelegraph.com as a recently activated crypto-draining phishing domain impersonating Cointelegraph. The site remains under active investigation following initial discovery. Threat operators are leveraging a high-fidelity brand impersonation to trick cryptocurrency users into connecting wallets and signing malicious transactions that silently drain assets. This domain was flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors at the time of analysis, indicating limited signature-based detection coverage. The infrastructure resolves to IP 104.21.63.236 via Cloudflare, Inc., with registration recorded on May 04, 2026. Google Trust Services issued the SSL certificate, and the domain currently appears on no public blocklists. Despite low detection counts, behavioral monitoring and community reporting suggest ongoing malicious activity. Given the active status and the potential for immediate financial harm to cryptocurrency holders, PhishDestroy strongly recommends immediate network and browser-level blocking of spax30t-cointelegraph.com and its resolving IP address. Users should verify all links via official Cointelegraph domains (cointelegraph.com) and refrain from entering seed phrases or connecting wallets to unfamiliar sites. Organizations are advised to update firewall rules and endpoint detection policies to quarantine traffic to this domain. Continuous monitoring is essential due to the domain's recent creation and evolving threat posture. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 3c8b6314dfa262958c16db10f4f5eecb TLS cert SHA-256: a7e10af82d1d3120418ca42cf4c494133f396f3b68e28d590ca9e64d5c7b5df8 ## 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/spax30t-cointelegraph.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=spax30t-cointelegraph.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 149,389 domains (28,426 alive under monitoring, 119,780 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io