# PhishDestroy threat dossier — taostinworks.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-27 13:00:58 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/taostinworks.com/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.137.228 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Gname.com Pte. Ltd.
Nameservers:     anirban.ns.cloudflare.com, stevie.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2003-02-14
Expires:         2027-02-14
Page title:      Taostinworks: One-Stop Global Investment Platform | Forex | Commodities | Stocks | Indices | Cryptocurrencies | Gold | Oil

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-17
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: bb23078ec98b994cc10a00c2ca5731c601bad1e6665c238b3833f0a9921ecb07

## 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: 2003-02-14 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-23 19:05:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-23 17:10:56 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-27 12:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-24 00:01:54 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/019ef570-178e-71b7-a791-0e4b9147debb/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/62e352d0-0087-470e-91fd-ef77441bbd89
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/taostinworks.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.taostinworks.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=taostinworks.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/taostinworks.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/taostinworks.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 14:57:35 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain taostinworks.com, associated with a high threat score of 85/100, has been identified as a generic phishing operation and is currently down. It has been flagged by one out of 95 security vendors, specifically SOCRadar, and is listed on three public blocklists, indicating a recognized threat despite Google Safe Browsing not flagging it.

Registered with Gname.com Pte. Ltd., the domain was created on February 14, 2003, and has a hosting IP of 172.67.137.228. The first detection in the database occurred on June 23, 2026. The domain's status and detection history suggest it may have been taken down due to malicious activity.

Block the domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar's abuse desk to mitigate any potential risk.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260623-194DFC
Favicon MD5:       0cd398d820ec73186818c426edffcc26
TLS cert SHA-256:      bb23078ec98b994cc10a00c2ca5731c601bad1e6665c238b3833f0a9921ecb07

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

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