# PhishDestroy threat dossier — spax40b-cointelegraph.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-21 14:10:48 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/spax40b-cointelegraph.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 97/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Ethereum ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/94 security vendors flagged this domain ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.203.9 (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: armfazh.ns.cloudflare.com, blair.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-18 Page title: SPAX40B: Redefining the Future of AI-Blockchain Cryptocurrencies – Cointelegraph: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News & Price Indexes HTTP response: 530 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-07-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 7903e7ff927fd37a62f03e12116e1da640c3b132499f718b9ac9801f50215192 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-20 16:10:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-04-20 13:13:19 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-04-21 16:04:43 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dab01-d7f0-711a-8c16-c666738024e9/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/3c1b20ce-61e3-4147-81e6-de7df0cad764 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/spax40b-cointelegraph.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.spax40b-cointelegraph.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=spax40b-cointelegraph.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/spax40b-cointelegraph.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/spax40b-cointelegraph.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-20 16:11:33 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies spax40b-cointelegraph.com as an active cryptocurrency drainer kit masquerading as CoinTelegraph content. The domain replaces the legitimate ‘cointelegraph.com’ with a counterfeit subdomain (spax40b) and is designed to trick users into approving malicious token transfers that drain wallets. No known drainer kit signature has been publicly released, indicating a potentially custom payload targeting crypto investors. This domain was flagged 0/95 detections on VirusTotal, registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, and resolves to IP 172.67.203.9. It went live on April 18, 2026, and holds a Google Trust Services SSL certificate, which is commonly abused to appear legitimate. Google Safe Browsing has not yet blacklisted it, leaving users exposed to immediate risk. The threat remains active with under-investigation status. Users should block the domain at the network level and avoid clicking any links referencing spax40b-cointelegraph.com. Until the domain is formally sinkholed or blacklisted, the risk of wallet compromise remains high for visitors expecting authentic CoinTelegraph content. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 2/94 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260420-068197 TLS cert SHA-256: 7903e7ff927fd37a62f03e12116e1da640c3b132499f718b9ac9801f50215192 ## 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/spax40b-cointelegraph.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=spax40b-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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io