# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sterkebetalholm.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 07:25:44 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sterkebetalholm.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 88/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 1 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 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: april.ns.cloudflare.com, ishaan.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-25 Expires: 2027-05-25 Page title: Sterke Betalholm | Official Platform for AI Assisted Trading ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 854cc04eb54fa8a4b6c0d70ecd30331824326232bbc347ca8c6dbdcfbb0ae471 ## 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: 2026-05-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-01 02:07:34 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-01 02:04:19 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-29 08:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-16 00:33:19 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e8045-8d4f-70a8-b8c5-7bd40560a050/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/67ac4084-889f-4a27-86c3-eae77ccbba60 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/sterkebetalholm.live crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.sterkebetalholm.live Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=sterkebetalholm.live AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/sterkebetalholm.live URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/sterkebetalholm.live/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 03:18:03 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 as an elevated-risk phishing infrastructure specifically targeting users of AI-assisted trading platforms. Analysis indicates it impersonates a legitimate financial technology service under the guise of "Sterke Betalholm | Official Platform for AI Assisted Trading," a fabricated brand identity designed to deceive victims into disclosing credentials or depositing funds. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain sterkebetalholm.live was registered on May 25, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with malicious registrations. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3 and employs a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which provides encryption but does not validate legitimacy. The domain appears on two security blocklists: PhishDestroy and OISD. Detection engines on VirusTotal flagged the domain as malicious, with 5 out of 95 security vendors confirming its phishing nature. Additionally, Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0 out of 100, further corroborating its fraudulent intent. To mitigate risks associated with this phishing threat, organizations should immediately block the domain sterkebetalholm.live and its resolving IP address 188.114.96.3 at the network perimeter. Security teams are advised to monitor for any attempts to access the domain from internal networks and investigate potential exposure. End-users should be educated on recognizing phishing indicators, particularly unsolicited communications promoting AI-assisted trading platforms. Financial institutions and trading services should proactively warn customers about this specific impersonation campaign and implement multi-factor authentication to reduce credential theft risks. Given the domain's current offline status, continuous monitoring for reactivation or related infrastructure is recommended. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260601-A75528 Favicon MD5: 51ef3b344a3491ba956860bebe8eaef0 TLS cert SHA-256: 854cc04eb54fa8a4b6c0d70ecd30331824326232bbc347ca8c6dbdcfbb0ae471 ## 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/sterkebetalholm.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sterkebetalholm.live 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: 172,362 domains (13,664 alive under monitoring, 158,147 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io