# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sui.tax
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Fetched:   2026-07-04 02:18:26 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sui.tax/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Sui

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/95 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Export Crypto Transactions

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:24:41 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:24:41 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-04 00:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-04 23:41:25 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/01988f7a-cfc5-7458-9d7a-8853dc9ed8e5/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/sui.tax
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.sui.tax
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=sui.tax
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/sui.tax
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/sui.tax/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 12:22:00 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain sui.tax, which impersonated the Sui brand, is currently down. This domain was part of a confirmed phishing or scam operation.

No security vendor has flagged sui.tax as malicious on VirusTotal, with 0 out of 95 vendors detecting it. This lack of detection is likely due to its very recent registration. Despite the low vendor detection, the domain appeared on 3 public blocklists. Google Safe Browsing has not flagged this domain.

Sui.tax was registered on 2026-02-21 and first seen on 2026-02-26. It resolved to the hosting IP address 188.114.96.3. The registrar for this domain was not identified.

Block sui.tax at the network perimeter to prevent any potential future access attempts.

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sui.tax/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sui.tax
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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