# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sterlingmakeopt.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 10:08:34 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sterlingmakeopt.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs Composite threat score: 59/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Netcraft AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 51.161.208.192 Registrar: NameSilo, LLC !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!! NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com) for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence. Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket — NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed Nameservers: ns1.getlitehost.net, ns2.getlitehost.net Registered: 2025-11-01 Expires: 2026-11-01 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-10-01 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 397b62dacf143cb6eac5c49f57c375aeac60369e70ccbda6016b67958cafcdcc ## 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: 2025-11-01 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 08:36:47 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-27 11:05:00 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa2d0-f0c0-7278-97da-e5114d3ed135/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/sterlingmakeopt.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.sterlingmakeopt.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=sterlingmakeopt.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/sterlingmakeopt.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/sterlingmakeopt.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 08:39:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] sterlingmakeopt.com: Confirmed Phishing Site Analysis confirms that sterlingmakeopt.com is an active phishing infrastructure targeting users as of the report date, July 27, 2026. The domain was registered through NameSilo, LLC on November 01, 2025 and is currently resolved to the IPv4 address 51.161.208.192. Ownership of the IP appears to be hosted on infrastructure that resolves through the authoritative name servers ns1.getlitehost.net and ns2.getlitehost.net, both of which are publicly resolvable and have been observed serving other malicious domains in prior threat reports. The site is listed on a single security blocklist and has been actively blocked by the PhishDestroy mitigation service, indicating that at least one reputable anti‑phishing feed has flagged the domain for malicious activity. VirusTotal scans show that four out of ninety‑one participating security vendors have detected malicious behavior associated with the domain, reinforcing the conclusion that the site is being used for phishing campaigns. No additional public intelligence such as Safe Browsing alerts, OTX references, SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, or page title information is currently available, and therefore the surface‑level characteristics of the hosted content remain unverified. Defenders are advised to add sterlingmakeopt.com to local deny‑list rules, enforce DNS sinkholing where possible, and monitor outbound connections to the hosting IP 51.161.208.192 for any anomalous traffic patterns. Continuous re‑evaluation of the domain’s status is recommended, as further analysis may reveal additional indicators such as payload signatures or compromised credential submissions. Organizations employing email filtering should ensure that any messages containing links to this domain are quarantined or rejected, and incident response teams should be prepared to investigate any user reports that reference the domain or its associated IP address. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 397b62dacf143cb6eac5c49f57c375aeac60369e70ccbda6016b67958cafcdcc ## 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 (operator 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/sterlingmakeopt.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sterlingmakeopt.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 204,557 domains (79,922 alive under monitoring, 123,604 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io